feebly

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Then two of them flutter across the field--feebly, as if they had barely strength to reach the trees in the opposite hedge.

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  1. In a feeble manner; weakly; faintly; without strength. Thy gentle numbers feebly creep. Dryden, Mac Flecknoe. The fact is, that supernatural beings, as long as they are considered merely with reference to their own nature, excite our feelings very feebly. Macaulay, Dante.

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  • "I was about to say He broke off again and seemed to ruminate profoundly Love-birds I caught the word feebly from his lips, spoken as if in a daze. —  The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
  • Zeppa spoke feebly, and closed his eyes, from which one or two tears issued--blessed tears!--the first he had shed for many a day His reason is restored," whispered the doctor in Orlando's ear, "but he must be left to rest Orlando's heart was too full to find relief through the lips I cannot understand it at all," resumed Zeppa, reopening his eyes; "least of all can I understand you_, Orley, but my hope is in God. —  The Madman and the Pirate
  • My poor brave fellow," he continued, taking the man's hand, "you have always been risking your life in our defence Han belong to Mass' Capen," he said, feebly, as he smiled at us. —  Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah
  • I asked feebly, and she shook her head and said No; I want to talk to you--I want to do just what you do when you are alone Scramble through the hedges, and jump the streams, and swing on the gates, and go bird's-nesting in the hedges She gave a gulp of dismay, but stuck to her guns Y-es! —  The Heart of Una Sackville
  • At last he sat up feebly, and stared dazedly over the wide expanse of water between boat and shore Holy hop-toads!" —  Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers
 

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