a. and adv. Obs. [f. BROKER sb. + -LY1, 2.] A. adj. Of the nature of, or like a broker; pettifogging, huckstering.

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1592.  Nashe, P. Penilesse (ed. 2), 9 a. A certaine kind of a brokerly gentleman.

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1610.  B. Jonson, Alch., IV. vii. (1616), 663. A brokerly slaue.

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1611.  Cotgr., Mangonne, a Brokers wife, or brokerlie woman.

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  B.  adv. By the agency of a broker.

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1593.  Nashe, Christ’s T. (1613), 79. Brokerly blowne vp honour, honour by anticke fawning fidled vp.

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