weakly

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.

Adv

With little strength or force.

Sinonieme

feebly

weak

faintly

dimly

infirm

poorly

powerlessly

rickety

feeble

sickly

faint

exhausted

tired

😫

debile

barely

decrepit

drooping

droopy

exhaustedly

fatigued

fragile

frail

groggy

hardly

insecure

insufficiently

languid

languorous

loose

prostrate

run-down

sapless

shaky

sluggish

unstable

unsteady

washy

wearily

wonky

not strong

not firm

poor

dully

drizzling

undernourished

puny

reservedly

dejectedly

badly

bad

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Vertalings

zwak

débilmente

zwakjes

faiblement

lichtjes

licht

endeble

schwach

debolmente

ασθενώς

schwächlich

débil

stanco

😫

infirme

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈwiːkli/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Old English: wāclīċe

Verwante met Old English: wāclīċ

Verwante met Old Norse: veikligr

Geërf van Middle English: weykly

Verwante met Old High German: weihlīcho

Verwante met Middle English: wocliche

In summary

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”).

Sinne

Dorsal scales on the tail smooth or weakly pluricarinate.

The head scales are small , subequal and feebly imbricate , smooth or weakly keeled .