weakly

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwiːkli/ Rhymes: -iːk.li Homophone: weekly === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Adjective ==== weakly (comparative weaklier, superlative weakliest) Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English weykly, equivalent to weak +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix). Compare Old High German weihlīcho (“weakly”), Middle English wocliche, wokli, wacliche (both from Proto-Germanic *waikalīkō). ==== Adverb ==== weakly (comparative more weakly, superlative most weakly) With little strength or force. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations =====