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单词 frailly
释义

frail

adjective

ˈfrāl How to pronounce frail (audio)
1
: easily led into evil
frail humanity
2
: easily broken or destroyed : fragile
frail, open-cockpit biplanes … Jonathan Weiner
3
a
: physically weak
a frail old woman
a frail voice
b
: slight, unsubstantial
smiled a minute frail smile Raymond Chandler
frailly
ˈfrā(l)-lē How to pronounce frail (audio)
adverb
frailness noun

Synonyms

  • breakable
  • delicate
  • fragile
  • frangible
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Example Sentences

In his old age his health became increasingly frail. a small and frail ship
Recent Examples on the Web If one man can block the industrial development of what is, for now, the world’s hegemon, then its hegemony must be very frail indeed. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 15 July 2022 Anyway, the original Desdemona would have been too frail to withstand the filming process, and the slight stains—markers of a life once lived—not polished enough for the silver screen. Alice Newbold, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2022 Some of the residents who’d lost antibodies were too frail to receive the news themselves, so the facility’s head nurse sent emails to their families. Chico Harlan And Mia Alberti, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Oct. 2021 Some of the residents who’d lost antibodies were too frail to receive the news themselves, so the facility’s head nurse sent emails to their families. Chico Harlan And Mia Alberti, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Oct. 2021 Some of the residents who’d lost antibodies were too frail to receive the news themselves, so the facility’s head nurse sent emails to their families. Chico Harlan And Mia Alberti, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Oct. 2021 Some of the residents who’d lost antibodies were too frail to receive the news themselves, so the facility’s head nurse sent emails to their families. Chico Harlan And Mia Alberti, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Oct. 2021 Some of the residents who’d lost antibodies were too frail to receive the news themselves, so the facility’s head nurse sent emails to their families. Chico Harlan And Mia Alberti, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Oct. 2021 Some of the residents who’d lost antibodies were too frail to receive the news themselves, so the facility’s head nurse sent emails to their families. Chico Harlan And Mia Alberti, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English frele, frayle, borrowed from Anglo-French frel, fraile, going back to Latin fragilis "liable to break, weak" — more at fragile

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

frail

adjective

ˈfrāl How to pronounce frail (audio)
: very delicate or weak
a frail little child

frailly

adverb

as in faintly

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • faintly
  • feebly
  • delicately
  • shakily
  • weakly
  • languidly
  • lazily
  • ineffectually
  • softly
  • listlessly
  • uncertainly
  • halfheartedly
  • gently
  • lamely
  • nervelessly
  • impotently
  • ineffectively
  • spinelessly
  • bloodlessly
  • spiritlessly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • strongly
  • stiffly
  • sturdily
  • powerfully
  • vigorously
  • stoutly
  • forcefully
  • firmly
  • forcibly
  • hard
  • energetically
  • muscularly
  • strenuously
  • mightily
  • sharply
  • fiercely
  • violently
  • roundly
  • dynamically
  • explosively
  • vehemently
  • robustly
  • eagerly
  • roughshod
  • lustily
  • briskly
  • vivaciously
  • heartily
  • crisply
  • actively
  • animatedly
  • spiritedly
  • gamely
  • snappily
  • spunkily
  • hammer and tongs
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