Added 10 October 2026
weakly
/ˈwiːkli/ adjective
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- Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.
adverb
Origin
From Old English wāclīċe (“weakly”), equivalent to weak + -ly (adjectival suffix); compare Old English wāclīċ (“weak; ignoble; mean”), and Old Norse veikligr (“weakly; sick”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waikalīkaz (“weakly; weak”).
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