feebly

«feebly» in Mova's school dictionary: Weakly, without strength or energy — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (feebly)

meaning for a pupil

1) Weakly, without strength or energy. tree →

2) In a poor, unconvincing way: he laughed feebly at the joke. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories to show that someone is tired, ill, frightened or not sure: the kitten mewed feebly. Alice often speaks feebly when she is confused or afraid.

examples

• The baby bird chirped feebly. tree →
• «I'm not sure,» said Alice feebly. tree →
• He waved feebly from his hospital bed. tree →
• The torch shone feebly in the dark. tree →
• Mole tried feebly to push the door open. tree →
• She smiled feebly at the bad joke. tree →
• The old engine coughed feebly and stopped. tree →
• Toad protested feebly when the Badger scolded him. tree →
• The Prince perceived a small room black with smoke, lit up feebly by a fire from which issued long blue flames. tree →

note

Adverb of «feeble» (weak). Spelling: feeble → feebly (drop -le, add -ly). Opposite: strongly, firmly.

In the corpora

• Without them Toad is just Toad again, and he giggles feebly.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «feebly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.