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weakly

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of WEAKLY

chronically or repeatedly suffering from poor health <a weakly baby who required repeated hospitalizations>

Synonyms ailing, invalid, weakly

Related Words bedfast, bedridden; delicate, fragile, frail; dying, fading, incurable, moribund; challenged, debilitated, incapacitated, lame; decrepit, enfeebled, feeble, infirm, weak, weakened, worn-out; ill, indisposed, peaked, poorly, run-down, sick, unhealthy, unsound, unwell

Near Antonyms able-bodied, fit, hale, hearty, sound, well-conditioned, whole, wholesome

Antonyms healthy, well

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