Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈfiːbli/
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ˈfiːbli
Adverb
In a feeble manner.
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Feebly ſhe ſhriekt, but ſo feebly indeed / That Britomart heard not the ſhrilling ſound.
The hurt nigger moaned feebly somewhere nearby, and then fetched a deep sigh that made me mend my pace away from there.
Adverb
in a faint and feeble manner
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the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway
in a halting and feeble manner
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reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win