Results
Definition of weakly:
Synonyms:
delicate, insubstantial, creaky, puny, woebegone, infirm, run-down, rachitic, faint, unaccented, flimsy, shaky, watery, wobbly, feeble, unsubstantial, washy, lame, weak, sapless, rickety, debile, frail, derelict, flea-bitten, fallible, decrepit, wonky, unsound, nerveless, light, fragile, imperfect, strong.
-
impotently (part of speech: adverb)
- inadequately,
- impotently,
- incapably,
- incompetently,
- powerlessly,
- feebly
-
irresolutely (part of speech: adverb)
- indecisively,
- unwillingly,
- shrinkingly,
- insipidly,
- tentatively,
- halfheartedly,
- ambivalently,
- irresolutely,
- hesitantly,
- capriciously,
- shiftily,
- double-mindedly,
- impulsively,
- changeably,
- spinelessly,
- uncertainly,
- unsurely,
- erratically,
- shyly,
- infirmly,
- inconsistently
- feebly (part of speech: adverb)
- tastelessly (part of speech: adverb)
-
wearily (part of speech: adverb)
- exhaustedly,
- cheerlessly,
- toilsomely,
- listlessly,
- tiredly,
- over-wearily,
- drowsily,
- sleepily,
- feebly,
- apathetically,
- wearily
-
weakly (part of speech: adverb)
- frailly,
- infirmly,
- powerlessly,
- impotently,
- feebly
Usage examples:
-
" Hal," Lorraine said weakly, " I've loved Alymer almost ever since I first saw him.
- "Winding Paths", Gertrude Page. -
He tried weakly to withdraw his hand.
- "Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France", Stanley J. Weyman. -
Dickson was there, with his four brave sailors, and many was the fellow- student who stretched out his hands to shake Reginald's, as pale and weakly he came down the steps.
- "Annie o' the Banks o' Dee", Gordon Stables.