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adjective

ˈwē-klē How to pronounce weakly (audio)
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as in fragile
chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health a weakly baby who required repeated hospitalizations

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weakly

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adverb

as in feebly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weakly
  1. fragile
  2. weak
  3. frail
  4. sickly
  5. invalid
  6. sick
  7. feeble
Adjective
  • Her reactions to that over the years — which include more abrupt exits from scenes and emotional confrontations with production than any other Housewife — have cast her as fragile, vulnerable, a broken bird.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Developing tourism in a fragile environment is a tricky balancing act.
    Chris Morris, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of fragile
Adjective
  • Other checks on Trump’s policy will also be far weaker.
    Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Each endpoint can be assessed to sniff out weak points.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of weak
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  • The extraordinary shot of a frail, diseased young Don Vito on Ellis Island, looking out on the Statue of Liberty, sets the table for a decades-spanning journey through a country where opportunity is not extended, but seized through violence and dirty dealing.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
  • At a time when post-menopausal women still are stereotyped as dependent and frail, Kim’s film is a refreshing reality check.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of frail
Adjective
  • Sugar and other ingredients in Halloween treats can cast a sickly spell on the trillions of microorganisms that reside in your gut, collectively known as the gut microbiome.
    Christopher Damman, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The same sickly rainbow sheen goes across his eye and then hers.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of sickly
Adjective
  • His legal team had argued that the congressional subpoena was invalid because Trump had asserted executive privilege.
    Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Failure to comply with these requirements renders the mail ballot invalid.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of invalid
Adjective
  • The vaccine doesn’t prevent 100% of infections, but those who are vaccinated and still get sick typically have milder illness, according to the CDC.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The news of additional cases comes days after the Minnesota Department of Health confirmed 11 people got sick eating the contaminated meat between Oct. 31 and Nov. 7.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of sick
Adjective
  • Low wages, high youth unemployment and a feeble social safety net mean China’s household spending is less than 40% of annual economic output, some 20 percentage points below the global average.
    Reuters, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The economy has been weighed down by the weakness of its industrial sector amid Russia’s shutdown in natural gas supplies after the invasion of Ukraine, as well as feeble Chinese demand and the car industry’s difficulties in pivoting to electric vehicles.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 8 Oct. 2024
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weakly

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