different between weakly vs wanthriven

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

English

Alternative forms

• wan-thriven

Etymology

From wan- +? thriven. More at wan-, thrive.

Adjective

wanthriven (comparative more wanthriven, superlative most wanthriven)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Stunted; ill-grown; decayed; in a state of decline.
2. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) emaciated; weakly.