WEAKLY, adverb 1. Feebly; with little physical strength; faintly; not forcible; as a fortress weakly defended. 2. With want of efficacy. Was plighted faith so weakly seald above? 3. With feebleness of mind or intellect; indiscretely; injuriously. Beneath pretended justice weakly fall. 4. Timorously; with little courage or fortitude. WEAKLY, adjective Not strong of constitution; infirm; as a weakly woman; a man of a weakly constitution.
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