Definition for WEAK'LY

WEAK'LY, adv.

  1. Feebly; with little physical strength; faintly; not forcibly; as, a fortress weakly defended.
  2. With want of efficacy. Was plighted faith so weakly seal'd above? – Dryden.
  3. With feebleness of mind or intellect; indiscreetly; injuriously. Beneath pretended justice weakly fall. – Dryden.
  4. Timorously; with little courage or fortitude.

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