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[ week-lee ] / ˈwik li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR weakly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, weak·li·er, weak·li·est.weak or feeble in constitution; not robust; sickly. Origin of weaklyFirst recorded in 1350–1400, weakly is from the Middle English word weekely.See weak, -ly synonym study for weakly1. See weak. OTHER WORDS FROM weaklyweak·li·ness, nounWords nearby weaklyweak interaction, weakish, weak-kneed, weakling, weak link, weakly, weak-minded, weak moment, in a, weakness, weak nuclear force, weak sauce Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for weakly“At best it might be described as weakly ergogenic, or performance enhancing,” Sallis says. E-Cigarettes: The Side Effects Nobody Talks About|DailyBurn|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST The three leaders only weakly reaffirmed their commitment to searching for a negotiated solution. Taliban’s Quetta Shura Meet in Islamabad to Press for Peace|Ron Moreau|November 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST Exhorting people to exercise more is a very thankless task that will be, at best, only weakly effective. How Public Health Experts Turned Corporations into Public Enemy #1|Megan McArdle|March 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST The practice is so lucrative, and so weakly policed, that there is little incentive for the pirates to stop. Obama Lets the Pirates Off|Stephen L. Carter|July 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
We responded, weakly, to the failed World Trade Center bombing in 1993 and moved quickly on. America's Terrorism Amnesia|Lee Siegel|January 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST The weakly, and such as are inclined to scour, must be kept on dry fodder, and have peas and beans given them to strengthen them. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment|Honor Bourguignon As I have said, it was his final chance for making some show of resistance, and he was weakly letting it go. Pirates' Hope|Francis Lynde And what would he say when he heard that she had weakly fallen in love with another man, and wanted to break her word to himself? A Life Sentence|Adeline Sergeant These incentives to duty, these helps to happiness, man has taken from woman by weakly shuffling off his mastership. The Secret Life |Elizabeth Bisland But let not the incautious reader suppose that she succumbed as weakly as her artless charges to these fascinations. Trent's Trust and Other Stories|Bret Harte
British Dictionary definitions for weakly
adjective -lier or -liestadverbin a weak or feeble manner Derived forms of weaklyweakliness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to weaklyailing, anemic, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, failing, faint, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, halting, ill, insecure, insubstantial, irresolute, lame, puny, shaky, unsound |