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.
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Dolores Brown,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
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.
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Phil Hay,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Heathcliff’s racial ambiguity — so central to the novel’s violence and otherness — is feebly erased.
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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.
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Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feebly
Adverb
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Many progressive priests and community members reject these exclusionary rules and quietly defy them.
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Rather than chase the President, Cao is quietly establishing himself throughout government, reaching out to key budget stakeholders.
Adverb
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Members of the monarchy wave from carriages, aristocrats don faintly cartoonish top hats and extravagant millinery threatens to obscure the view at every turn.
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The post carried neither hereditary title nor extraordinary fortune, and yet it was regarded with a degree of respect that many noble families found faintly irritating.
Adverb
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Create softly, and let rest protect the work.
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Prep with a lightweight blowout cream and use a large round brush to create lift at the roots while keeping the ends smooth and softly curved.
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.
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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.
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“Feebly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feebly. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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