chokily
chokily adverb: in a chokey manner, as if choking.
Adverb
chokily (comparative more chokily, superlative most chokily)
- In a chokey manner, as if choking.
- “It is almost mocking me to talk about my help, you who are so much more influential,” she answered, rather chokily.1879, Lillian Spender, chapter 3, in Godwyn’s Ordeal,, volume 2, London: Hurst and Blackett, page 78
- Then Alice said, speaking chokily because she had not quite done crying: “Let’s wave a flag.”1901, E. Nesbit, “The Tower of Mystery”, in The Wouldbegoods, New York: Harper, page 83
Examples of chokily in a sentence
- “I haven’t one thing that belonged to my mother,” said Anne, chokily.1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 21, in Anne of the Island:
- She swallowed chokily with a dry throat, but she turned her head away and gazed indifferently into the fire.1916, Cornelia Meigs, Master Simon’s Garden, New York: Macmillan, Part 2, Chapter 17:
Forms of chokily
| comparative | more chokily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most chokily |
Origin of chokily
From chokey + -ly.
Questions about chokily
- What does chokily mean?
- Chokily means in a chokey manner, as if choking.
- How do you use chokily in a sentence?
- “I haven’t one thing that belonged to my mother,” said Anne, chokily.
- What part of speech is chokily?
- Chokily is an adverb.
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