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brathly

brathly adverb: hastily; violently; fiercely; with fury.

Adverb

brathly (comparative brathlier or more brathly, superlative brathliest or most brathly)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Hastily; violently; fiercely; with fury.

Forms of brathly

comparativebrathlier
comparativemore brathly
superlativebrathliest
superlativemost brathly
alternative formbraithly

Origin of brathly

From Middle English brathly, brothly, braithly, equivalent to brath + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic bráðleg (“quickly, soon”).

Questions about brathly

What does brathly mean?
Brathly means hastily; violently; fiercely; with fury.
What part of speech is brathly?
Brathly is an adverb.

Words near brathly in the dictionary

  1. Bratcher
  2. Bratchers
  3. bratchet
  4. bratchets
  5. brath
  6. brathly
  7. Brathwaite
  8. Brathwaites
  9. Bratich
  10. Bratislava
  11. Bratislavan

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