chokily

comparative more chokily · superlative most chokily

1. In a chokey manner, as if choking.

   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

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   “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

   “I haven’t one thing that belonged to my mother,” said Anne, chokily. “I—I can never thank you enough for these letters.”

   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