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Weakly

adverb

In a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree. "Wheezed weakly" , "He was weakly attracted to her"

adjective

(compar. weaklier; superl. weakliest)

Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. Synonyms: debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak. "Her body looked sapless"

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"Weakly" Quotes from Famous Books

... 'a' been an ugly, common-looking brute, I'd 'a' nabbed him in a minute," he told himself, weakly. And every day the handcuffs under the dried fern-leaves ...

— Southern Lights and Shadows • Edited by William Dean Howells & Henry Mills Alden

... the knowledge of the camp. Yet this weakness awakened no animosity in his companions, and it is probable that the indifference of the camp to his fate in this final catastrophe came purely from a simple forgetfulness of one who at that supreme moment was weakly incapable. ...

— A Drift from Redwood Camp • Bret Harte

... bodies of workers, especially in the case of young persons, within the narrow unwholesome limits of the factory or mill, though considerably mitigated by the operation of factory legislation, are still no light offset against the advantages which have been mentioned. The weakly, ill-formed bodies, the unhealthy lives lived by the factory-workers in our great manufacturing centres are facts which have an intimate connection with the growth of machinery. But though our agricultural population, in spite of their poverty and hard work, live longer and enjoy ...

— Problems of Poverty • John A. Hobson

... barrenness. But the advantage is not so great as might at first be thought, for the seedlings from illegitimate unions do not generally consist of both forms, but all belong to the parent form; they are, moreover, in some degree weakly in constitution, as will be shown in a future chapter. If, however, a flower's own pollen should first be placed by insects or fall on the stigma, it by no means follows that cross-fertilisation will be thus prevented. It is well known that if pollen ...

— The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species • Charles Darwin

... wretch!" she exclaimed weakly. "Why should I bear the burden of your wickedness? Who knows what might come of it? I shall ...

— Anna the Adventuress • E. Phillips Oppenheim

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