weakly

Speech parts

1. weakly - Adjective

2. weakly - Adverb

4. weakly - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

In a weak manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly.

Not strong of constitution; infirm; feeble; as, a weakly woman; a man of a weakly constitution.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

slightly weak mildly feeble softly faintly infirm decrepit rickety feebly sapless debile shakily languidly powerlessly
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Antonyms

hale well strong whole bom strongly
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Phrases with the word

beat weakly

Derivatives

weaklier weakliest

Anagrams

Wakely Walkey

Examples

Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation. "I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol! Mikhail Bulgakov

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right." Tallulah Bankhead

Members of weakly religious families get, of course, no religious training from any source outside the family. Gregory Bateson

I am conscious of being only an individual struggling weakly against the stream of time. But it still remains in my power to contribute in such a way that, when the theory of gases is again revived, not too much will have to be rediscovered. Ludwig Boltzmann

We cannot afford weakly to blind ourselves to the actual conflict which faces us today. The issue is joined, and we must fight or fail. Theodore Roosevelt

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right. Tallulah Bankhead

Close letter words and terms

weakliness weakling weaklink weakly cardinal weakly contractible weakly interacting massive particle