adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After that she said nothing for a while, only sat watching me in a broody way.
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I was left broody , solemn, sad.
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Men, under these circumstances, would have no broody gene of their own.
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Once he put a broody hen on a clutch of eggs and ten little chicks hatched out.
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She tried to clear them from her mind, but was broody over breakfast.
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The broody hens were taken and the young pheasants ignored.
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They're a broody looking fivesome, all dark clothes and darker expressions.