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Feebly

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fee·ble  (fbl)
adj. fee·bler, fee·blest
1.
a. Lacking strength; weak.
b. Indicating weakness.
2. Lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; inadequate. See Synonyms at weak.
[Middle English feble, from Old French, from Latin flbilis, lamentable, from flre, to weep.]
feeble·ness n.
feebly adv.
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Adv.1.feebly - in a faint and feeble manner; "the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway"
2.feebly - in a halting and feeble manner; "reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win"
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"My brethren," said Father Ephraim to the surrounding elders, feebly exerting himself to utter these few words, "here are the son and daughter to whom I would commit the trust of which Providence is about to lighten my weary shoulders.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Arthur lay still for some minutes after Adam was gone, but presently he rose feebly from the ottoman and peered about slowly in the broken moonlight, seeking something.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
As Oliver gave this first proof of the free and proper action of his lungs, the patchwork coverlet which was carelessly flung over the iron bedstead, rustled; the pale face of a young woman was raised feebly from the pillow; and a faint voice imperfectly articulated the words, 'Let me see the child, and die.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
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