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In a feeble manner. The restored church . . . contended feebly, and with half a heart. Macaulay.

A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.

admitted at the bottom, a mixture of gas and air is formed which burns at the top with a feebly luminous but intensely hot flame. -- Argand burner, Rose burner, etc. See under Argand, Rose, etc.

Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.

To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness. The whining schoolboy . . . creeping, like snail, Unwillingly to school. Shak. Like guilty thing, Icreep. Tennyson.

o toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly.

Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.

Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day. Feebly she laugheth in the languid moon. Keats. Their idleness, aimless and languid airs. W. Black.

To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.

A feebly basic solid, C4H4N2, obtained by distilling piperazine with zinc dust, and in other ways. Also, by extension, any of various derivatives of the same.

ick; -- used figuratively. This test nippeth, . . . this toucheth the quick. Latimer. How feebly and unlike themselves they reason when they come to the quick of the difference ! Fuller.

Partially conscious; feebly conscious.

To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly.

In a weak manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly.