Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WEAK'LY
WEAK'LY, adv.
- Feebly; with little physical strength; faintly; not forcibly; as, a fortress weakly defended.
- With want of efficacy. Was plighted faith so weakly seal'd above? – Dryden.
- With feebleness of mind or intellect; indiscreetly; injuriously. Beneath pretended justice weakly fall. – Dryden.
- Timorously; with little courage or fortitude.
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