weakish

[ wee-kish ]
/ ˈwi kɪʃ /

adjective

rather weak.

Origin of weakish

First recorded in 1585–95; weak + -ish1

OTHER WORDS FROM weakish

weak·ish·ly, adverb

Words nearby weakish

weaker sex, weakest link, weakfish, weakhanded, weakhearted, weakish, weakling, weakly, weakness, weal, weald

Example sentences from the Web for weakish

  • He was of medium height, of slight build, with a pallid countenance, and a weakish drawling voice.

    Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 |Charles Augustus Fuller

  • He then made for the theater, and the weakish personage he had been playing upon walked down to the river, almost ran, in fact.

    Peg Woffington |Charles Reade

  • The student felt himself trembling a little, weakish in the knees.

    The Wendigo |Algernon Blackwood

  • He was conscious, for he thanked us in a weakish whisper, when we lifted him carefully into his own bed.

    In the Arena |Booth Tarkington