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weakly

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?wi?kli/
  • Rhymes: -i?k.li
  • Homophone: weekly

Etymology 1

From weak +? -ly; compare Old English w?cl?? (“weak; ignoble; mean”), and Old Norse veikligr (“weakly; sick”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waikal?kaz (“weakly; weak”).

Adjective

weakly (comparative weaklier, superlative weakliest)

  1. Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English weykly, equivalent to weak +? -ly. Compare Old High German weihl?cho (“weakly”), Middle English wocliche, wokli, wacliche (both from Proto-Germanic *waikal?k?).

Adverb

weakly (comparative more weakly, superlative most weakly)

  1. With little strength or force.
Derived terms
Translations

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softly

English

Etymology

From Middle English softely, softeliche, equivalent to soft +? -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?s?ftli/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /?s?ftli/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?ftli/

Adverb

softly (comparative softlier or more softly, superlative softliest or most softly)

  1. In a soft manner; gently.
  2. Not loudly; nearly inaudible.

Related terms

  • softly softly

Translations

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