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Webster 1913 Edition

Feebly

Fee′bly

,
adv.
In a feeble manner.
The restored church . . . contended
feebly
, and with half a heart.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition

Feebly

FEE'BLY

,
adv.
Weakly; without strength; as, to move feebly.
Thy gentle numbers feebly creep.

Definition 2024

feebly

feebly

English

Adverb

feebly ‎(comparative more feebly, superlative most feebly)

  1. In a feeble manner.

References

  • feebly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

feeble +‎ -ly, euphonically blending -le and -ly due to difficulty of pronouncing *-blely. Compare nimbly, nobly, and Latinate -ably and -ibly.

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