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weakly

[ week-lee ]

/ ˈwik li /

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adjective, weak·li·er, weak·li·est.

weak or feeble in constitution; not robust; sickly.

adverb

in a weak manner.

Origin of weakly

First recorded in 1350–1400, weakly is from the Middle English word weekely. See weak, -ly

SYNONYMS FOR weakly

1 See weak.

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OTHER WORDS FROM weakly

weak·li·ness, noun

Words nearby weakly

weakfish, weakhanded, weakhearted, weakish, weakling, weakly, weakness, weal, weald, wealth, wealth tax

Example sentences from the Web for weakly

“At best it might be described as weakly ergogenic, or performance enhancing,” Sallis says.

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The three leaders only weakly reaffirmed their commitment to searching for a negotiated solution.

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Exhorting people to exercise more is a very thankless task that will be, at best, only weakly effective.

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The practice is so lucrative, and so weakly policed, that there is little incentive for the pirates to stop.

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We responded, weakly, to the failed World Trade Center bombing in 1993 and moved quickly on.

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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.

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As I have said, it was his final chance for making some show of resistance, and he was weakly letting it go.

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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?

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These incentives to duty, these helps to happiness, man has taken from woman by weakly shuffling off his mastership.

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But let not the incautious reader suppose that she succumbed as weakly as her artless charges to these fascinations.

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British Dictionary definitions for weakly

weakly

/ (ˈwiːklɪ) /

adjective -lier or -liest

sickly; feeble

adverb

in a weak or feeble manner

Derived forms of weakly

weakliness, noun