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English
Etymology
From weak + -ly.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�wi�kli/

Adjective
en-adj|weaklier|weakliest

1. frail|Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.

#*1885: I lay in weakly case and confined to my bed for four months before I was able to rise and health returned to me. � Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 18
#*1889: I'd always been but weakly, / And my baby was just born; / A neighbour minded her by day, / I minded her till morn. � WB Yeats, �The Ballad of Moll Magee�

Adverb
en-adv

1. With little strength or force

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