weakly

B2 FREQ #15861

a. 弱的, 虚弱的 adv. 微弱地, 虚弱地

发音

US /ˈwiːkli/

词形变化

weaklier 比较级 weaklier weakliest weakliest 最高级 more weakly 比较级 most weakly 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.

adv. B2
  1. 1.

    With little strength or force.

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词源

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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