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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
  • Quantum systems are prone to errors because qubits are fragile and can be disturbed by even the smallest environmental changes.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Old and new, plastic or fragile, ornaments should always be stored in a container designed specifically for them.
    Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of fragile
Adjective
  • Capasa noted that a negative third quarter impacted by weak internal demand, the slowdown of purchases from Chinese customers and overall geopolitical instability kept worsening the cautious scenario already registered in the first half of the year.
    Sandra Salibian, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Scene-to-scene continuity is typically weak and telling.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of weak
Adjective
  • There is nothing frail or frightened about his Scrooge.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The federal agency warned that salmonella poses a serious-to-fatal infection risk for children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of frail
Adjective
  • The massive four-story brownstone is the sickly shade of green mold, except in the places the façade has chipped off completely.
    Bridget Read, Curbed, 15 Nov. 2024
  • 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
Definition of sickly
Adjective
  • Congress should reaffirm the CRA by recognizing that agency guidance is invalid unless submitted to both Congress and GAO.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The 63-year-old's motion, filed Wednesday, argues that his original guilty plea to a conspiracy charge is invalid because the count was later dismissed by the court, rendering the outcome unconstitutional.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of invalid
Adjective
  • Jodi Blodgett is so sick of all the extras that she's stopped flying.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Salmonella is bacteria that can make people sick with an illness called salmonellosis.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 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
Definition of feeble
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weakly

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