feebly
(adverb) in a halting and feeble manner; “reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win”
feebly
(adverb) in a faint and feeble manner; “the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
feebly (comparative more feebly, superlative most feebly)
In a feeble manner.
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Source: Wiktionary
Fee"bly, adv.
Definition: In a feeble manner. The restored church . . . contended feebly, and with half a heart. Macaulay.
Fee"ble, a. [Compar. Feebler; superl. Feeblest.] Etym: [OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. Foible.]
1. Deficient in physical strenght; weak; infirm; debilitated. Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. 2 Chron. xxviii. 15.
2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. "A lady's feeble voice." Shak.
Fee"ble, v. t.
Definition: To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.] Shall that victorious hand be feebled here Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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