brokenly
adverb/ˈbrəʊkənli/
/ˈbrəʊkənli/
(formal)- (of somebody’s manner of speaking) in phrases that are very short or not complete, with a lot of breaks; not fluently
- ‘I’m sorry,’ she murmured brokenly, ‘Please don’t go! Please…’
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBrokenly is used with these verbs:- whisper
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