chokily

English

Etymology

chokey +‎ -ly

Adverb

chokily (comparative more chokily, superlative most chokily)

1. In a chokey manner, as if choking.
   • 1879, Lillian Spender, chapter 3, in Godwyn’s Ordeal,‎^[1], volume 2, London: Hurst and Blackett, page 78:

     “It is almost mocking me to talk about my help, you who are so much more influential,” she answered, rather chokily.

   • 1901, E. Nesbit, “The Tower of Mystery”, in The Wouldbegoods‎^[2], New York: Harper, page 83:

     Then Alice said, speaking chokily because she had not quite done crying: “Let’s wave a flag.”

   • 1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 21, in Anne of the Island‎^[3]:

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

   • 1916, Cornelia Meigs, Master Simon’s Garden‎^[4], New York: Macmillan, Part 2, Chapter 17:

     She swallowed chokily with a dry throat, but she turned her head away and gazed indifferently into the fire.

See also

• chokingly