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feebly, adv.|ˈfiːblɪ|
Forms: 3 febleliche, -like, 3–4 febliche, (5 febiliche), 4 febilly, (5 -ylly), 4–6 febly, (4 febli, 5 feabli), 6 feablelye, feebily, 7 feably, 7– feebly.
[f. feeble + -ly2.]
In a feeble manner.
†1. In a sorry manner or plight; inefficiently, insufficiently, niggardly, poorly, scantily. Obs.
c1290S. Eng. Leg., Edmund Conf. 112 Ake febleliche hire spedde, For seint Eadmund hadde ane smate ȝeorde. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 6125 Febleliche he liuede al is lif & deyde in feble deþe. c1300Havelok 418 Feblelike he gaf hem cloþes. c1300Beket 1178 Such a man..So febliche wende over lond. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 30, Y holde hym that dothe it but febly conseled. c1450Henryson Mor. Fab., Upl. Mous 37, Poems (1865) 109 Ane sober wane, Of fog and fairn full febillie wes maid.
2. In a weak, ineffective, or half-hearted manner, without strength, energy, or force; weakly. Of sight: Dimly.
c1320Sir Tristr. 3050 Febli þou canst hayte. a1340Hampole Psalter cxlv. 1, I may noght stand now bot febilly. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 67 Þe pouse began to appere febiliche. 1483Cath. Angl. 124/2 Febylly, debeliter, imbecilliter. 1533More Debell. Salem i. xiv. 104 b, He hath..defended..his boke..wythe myche worke full febly. 1548Hall Chron. 177 He was fayntly receyved, and febly welcomed. 1591Spenser Ruins of Rome 221 Ye see huge flames..Efsoones consum'd to fall downe feebily. 1607Shakes. Cor. ii. ii. 87 The deeds of Coriolanus Should not be vtter'd feebly. 1682Dryden Mac Fl. 197 Thy gentle numbers feebly creep. 1757Foote Author ii, Which were as feebly resisted. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xix. 232, I..see feebly in prospect my recovery. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 275 In dreaming we feebly recollect.
3. In a small degree, slightly, poorly.
1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 133 Others feebly represented in our own country. 1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 698 The acids act but feebly upon caoutchouc.
4. Comb., as feebly-toiling adj.
1845Mrs. Norton Child of Islands (1846) 179 The feebly-toiling heart that shrinks appalled. |