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Weakly has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Adverb

Definitions
Adjective
1

lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

"a feeble old woman"

"her body looked sapless"

2

Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.

"The old man looked frail and sickly as he struggled to stand up from his chair."

Adverb
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"

2

With little strength or force.

"The old man weakly pushed against the heavy door but couldn't budge it."

Example Sentences
"a feeble old woman" adjective
"her body looked sapless" adjective
"weakly agreed to a compromise" adverb
"wheezed weakly" adverb
"he was weakly attracted to her" adverb
Related Terms
Antonyms
strongly
Rhyming Words
awkly drekly sickly folkly dankly tickly rankly weekly fickly meekly dickly tinkly geekly feckly bookly darkly zackly suckly mackly ruckly
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