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Synonyms for weakly

  • adjective
  • adverb

Most common

weak feeble sickly flimsy

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Weak — frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak

weak, feeble, sickly, flimsy, languid, invalid, unsound, decrepit, infirm, rickety, sapless, valetudinarian, debile, frail, enervated

Adverb

slightly, superficially

Antonyms

strong, vigorously, decisively

All antonyms of weakly →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.

  2. adv. 1

    With little strength or force.

Example sentences

  • feeble The feeble patient is suffering from stomach cancer.
  • sickly Since childhood, Boldi has been a very sickly boy.
  • rickety Monday rolled into town on a rickety old bicycle.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
weaklysteady
feeblesteady
sicklyrising
ricketyrising
saplesssteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
weak1
5 letters
frail1
6 letters
feeble2, flimsy2, sickly2, infirm2, debile
7 letters
invalid3, unsound2, rickety3, languid2, sapless
8 letters
slightly2, decrepit3
9 letters
enervated
13 letters
superficially5
14 letters
valetudinarian

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (feeble2 = 2 syllables).