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brokerly

brokerly adjective: mean (money-pinching) or servile.

Adjective

brokerly (comparative more brokerly, superlative most brokerly)

  1. (obsolete) mean (money-pinching) or servile
    • A brokerly slave,1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet...

Forms of brokerly

comparativemore brokerly
superlativemost brokerly

Origin of brokerly

From broker + -ly.

Questions about brokerly

What does brokerly mean?
Brokerly means mean (money-pinching) or servile.
What part of speech is brokerly?
Brokerly is an adjective.

Words near brokerly in the dictionary

  1. brokeresses
  2. brokeries
  3. brokering
  4. brokerings
  5. brokerless
  6. brokerly
  7. brokers
  8. brokership
  9. brokerships
  10. brokery
  11. brokes

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