English
Etymology
From weak + -ly.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�wi�kli/
Adjective
en-adj|weaklier|weakliest
- frail|Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.
#*1885: I lay in weakly case and confined to my bed for four months before I was able to rise and health returned to me. � Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 18
#*1889: I'd always been but weakly, / And my baby was just born; / A neighbour minded her by day, / I minded her till morn. � WB Yeats, �The Ballad of Moll Magee�
Adverb
en-adv
- With little strength or force
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es:weakly
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