Strongly attached daughter broke finally, expressed choice (7)
I believe the answer is:
devoted
'expressed choice' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'strongly attached daughter broke finally' is the wordplay.
'strongly' becomes 'voted' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'attached' says to put letters next to each other.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'finally' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'broke' is 'e'.
'd'+'e'='de'
'voted' after 'de' is 'DEVOTED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for devoted that I've seen before include "Loving and loyal" , "Faithful" , "Strongly attached (to)" , "Dedicated or wholly given up to" .)