weakly

1. 1.

   in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree

   “weakly agreed to a compromise”

   “wheezed weakly”

   “he was weakly attracted to her”

   Antonymsstrongly

Other forms of weakly

comparative or superlative

weaklier

comparative or superlative

weakliest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about weakly

What does weakly mean?

weakly means "lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in weakly?

weakly has 2 syllables: wea-kly. The stress falls on "wea". In IPA it is /ˈwikli/.

What is another word for weakly?

Close synonyms include decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of weakly?

The recorded antonyms are strongly.

Is weakly a common word?

weakly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with weakly?

2 words rhyme with weakly. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.