breakably

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adverb

In a breakable manner.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English breakable →
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Meanings

adverbbreakably (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a breakable manner.

    Everything that Constantine and Aiah run up against is dangerously solid, breakably real.

    1997 February 23, Gerald Jonas, “Science Fiction”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrégeti
  3. Proto-Germanic*brekaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*brekan
  5. Old Englishbrecan
  6. Middle Englishbreken
  7. Englishbreak
  8. Englishbreakable
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. Englishbreakably

From breakable + -ly.

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APA

breakably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breakably

MLA

“breakably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breakably. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breakably,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breakably.

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