weakly
adverb/ˈwiːkli/
/ˈwiːkli/
- in a weak way
- She smiled weakly at them.
- ‘I'm not sure about it,’ he said weakly.
- The patient tried to sit up but fell back weakly onto his pillows.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWeakly is used with these adjectives:- organized
- positive
- correlate
- cough
- …
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