B2adjective · rare

weakly

weakly · weaklier · weakliest

слабкий, слабий

слабый, правильный

schwach

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

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/ˈwiːkli/

» She protested weakly, but ended up joining in with everyone else.

Meaning

1 senses

Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.

More definitions

lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

Examples

4 sentences

She protested weakly, but ended up joining in with everyone else.
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Miroslav asked Anna if she could eat and she nodded very weakly.
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Vladimir breathed very weakly.
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Bruce took the book weakly.
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Origin

From Old English wāclīċe (“weakly”), equivalent to weak + -ly (adjectival suffix); compare

From Old English wāclīċe (“weakly”), equivalent to weak + -ly (adjectival suffix); compare Old English wāclīċ (“weak; ignoble; mean”), and Old Norse veikligr (“weakly; sick”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waikalīkaz (“weakly; weak”).

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