weakly
Americanadjective
adverb
adjective
adverb
Related Words
See weak.
Other Word Forms
- weakliness noun
Etymology
Origin of weakly
First recorded in 1350–1400, weakly is from the Middle English word weekely. See weak, -ly
Example Sentences
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“Well, see, I’ve got to get the mail first,” Chip said weakly.
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“Ida, since I know you’ve read the book,” she said to me weakly, like it was her last request, “could you please read the first chapter today?”
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Sugars, which bind more weakly, attach through hydrogen bonding.
From Science Daily
When they do not align, the atom is paramagnetic and only weakly magnetized.
From Science Daily
"The challenge is that dark matter interacts so weakly that we need detectors capable of seeing events that might happen once in a year, or even once in a decade," Mahapatra said.
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