flimsily

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   in a weak and flimsy manner

   “this car is so flimsily constructed!”

Questions about flimsily

What does flimsily mean?

flimsily means "in a weak and flimsy manner".

How many syllables are in flimsily?

flimsily has 3 syllables: flim-si-ly. The stress falls on "flim".

Is flimsily a common word?

flimsily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.