breakly

adj

Etymology

From breakle + -y and/or break + -ly. Compare German zerbrechlich (“fragile”).

  1. derived from *brukiz
  2. derived from *brukilaz
  3. derived from *brycel
  4. inherited from brekil
  5. suffixed as breakly — “breakle + y

Definitions

  1. Apt to, capable of, or tending to break

    Apt to, capable of, or tending to break; fragile; brittle.

    • Our ash is not tough and hard like that, but has an open grain, and is among the most brash or breakly of our timbers.
    • Daylight was breakly dimly through wild-looking clouds upon a world of tumultuous waters.
  2. In a breakly manner.

    • Surface longitudinal breakly furrowed, slight lustrous, orange-brown.

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