FEEBLY Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

feebly

adverb

Definition of feebly

as in quietly

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Recent Examples of feebly Chief swam feebly across, joined the other two horses on the bank, and stood there shaking. — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026 Judge lined it feebly into the glove of an outfielder. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 17 May 2026 Infantino, as Henry Bushnell writes, talked rather feebly about working together and, randomly, said an upcoming under-15 tournament for all member associations was something to encourage co-operation. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 1 May 2026 Heathcliff’s racial ambiguity — so central to the novel’s violence and otherness — is feebly erased. — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026 One man aboard the boat knew how to navigate the mangroves and sandbars of the keys, and with the late summer sun beating down on the rafters, the boat pushed out feebly into the open ocean. — Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025

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For more than a century, submarines have quietly evolved from slow underwater boats into some of the fastest and most sophisticated machines ever engineered.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
The Huge Payoff Of Smarter Cities This evolution has quietly produced a market that’s already at a trillion dollars and is rapidly growing.

— Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of quietly

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The color was also gently smudged below her lower lashes, winging ever so faintly upward at the outer corner.

— Marci Robin, Allure, 20 July 2026
That said, this probably won’t be even faintly legible on a home entertainment system, let alone the handheld gadgets that kids like the ones seen here prefer to watch entertainment on these days.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2026

Definition of faintly

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From faux foliage on the ceiling to animal sounds playing softly in the bathroom stalls, the whole experience feels as if the Rainforest Cafe was rebranded for adults with deep pockets.

— Connie Ogle July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Lowe grounded softly to second for a potential game-ending double play but beat the throw as De La Cruz scored easily.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of softly

Adverb

Small branches can be clipped quickly and almost noiselessly and fashioned into an effective blind in only a few minutes.

— Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
On a brilliant midsummer morning, my wife and I stepped into a black Zodiac raft and drifted noiselessly among icebergs five stories high, their emerald and aquamarine walls gleaming above sapphire waters.

— Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2025

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