brokerly

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adjective

mean (money-pinching) or servile

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Meanings

adjectivebrokerly (comparative more brokerly, superlative most brokerly)

comparative more brokerly · superlative most brokerly

  1. obsoletemean (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 Archive page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Origin

From broker + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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