weakly

Meaning

Adj

Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.

Adv

With little strength or force.

Synonyms

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

👎

seedy

shakily

vaguely

shudderingly

sick

🤢

fatiguingly

falteringly

flimsily

deficiently

slightly

gently

wishy-washy

softly

helplessly

ill

🤢

inexpressively

emaciated

sparingly

thinly

blearily

languidly

tiredly

lightly

trembly

loosely

moderately

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwiːkli/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: wāclīċe

Cognate with Old English: wāclīċ

Cognate with Old Norse: veikligr

Inherited from Middle English: weykly

Cognate with Old High German: weihlīcho

Cognate with Middle English: wocliche

In summary

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

Sentences

Dorsal scales on the tail smooth or weakly pluricarinate.

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