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Recent Examples of feebly
Judge lined it feebly into the glove of an outfielder.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feebly
Adverb
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The Nationals picked the 25-year-old up off the scrap heap after spring training and now Mead is quietly in the middle of a breakout year.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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Just days earlier, another event quietly illustrated the same shift from trade toward deeper integration.—
Li Jun,
Footwear News,
31 May 2026
Adverb
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To the person receiving it, the word can land cold, clipped, or faintly dismissive.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Encouraged out to a party one night by his gregarious best friend (Shanti Masud), David accepts a pill from a stranger and, almost immediately afterwards, notices a young woman (Seydoux) across the room who is fixing him with a faintly predatory stare.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
18 May 2026
Adverb
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The dancers — now unified in formations that softly bleed into one another like clouds — demand attention.—
Steven Vargas,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Then, take your forefinger and softly tap the sushi a couple of times on top.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
Adverb
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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
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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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“Feebly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feebly. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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