weakly — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.

   Examples

   I lay in weakly case and confined to my bed for four months before I was able to rise and health returned to me.

   I'd always been but weakly, / And my baby was just born; / A neighbour minded her by day, / I minded her till morn.

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   "Oh, a huge crab," Jacob murmured—and begins his journey on weakly legs on the sandy bottom.

Adverb

1. With little strength or force.

   Examples

   The basitemporal platform is flat in posterior view because the mamillar tuberosities are very weakly developed.

Adjective

1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

   Synonyms

   decrepitdebilefeebleinfirmricketysaplessweak

   Examples

   a feeble old woman

   her body looked sapless

Adverb

1. in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree

   Antonyms

   strongly

   Examples

   weakly agreed to a compromise

   wheezed weakly

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   he was weakly attracted to her