FEEBLY Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

feebly

adverb

Definition of feebly

as in quietly

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Recent Examples of feebly The prime minister has feebly tried to make his own reels in response, but that failed to stem the tide of public irreverence. — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 Chief swam feebly across, joined the other two horses on the bank, and stood there shaking. — 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

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Some dental floss manufacturers have been quietly moving away from the synthetic material PTFE, which helped their product slip smoothly between teeth.

— Margaret Hetherman The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
The result is one of the most quietly dominant competitive positions in modern industry.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of quietly

Adverb

For a generation of children only faintly aware of Led Zeppelin, but intimately aware of every second of Wayne’s World thanks to countless repeat viewings, this was extraordinarily confusing.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026
Mention a competing system and some responses turn faintly territorial.

— Puneet Gaur, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of faintly

Adverb

His solo debut, Heavy Metal, landed softly in the December hinterlands of 2024, and with it a murmuration of these little fibs.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
The whole time, music plays softly from speakers, and red hibiscus juice flows from pitchers into tall glasses.

— Patricia Huon, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of softly

Adverb

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
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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