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[syn: decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly]
ADVERB (1)
1. in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree;
- Example: "weakly agreed to a compromise"
- Example: "wheezed weakly"
- Example: "he was weakly attracted to her"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Weakly \Weak"ly\, adv.
In a weak manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Weakly \Weak"ly\, a. [Compar. Weaklier; superl. Weakliest.]
Not strong of constitution; infirm; feeble; as, a weakly
woman; a man of a weakly constitution.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
weakly
adv 1: in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree; "weakly
agreed to a compromise"; "wheezed weakly"; "he was weakly
attracted to her" [ant: strongly]
adj 1: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a
feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn:
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety,
sapless, weak, weakly]