weakish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- weakishly adverb
Etymology
Origin of weakish
Example Sentences
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"Prigozhin would make a weakish rebel, though, with an armed force without its own independent logistic capacity."
From Reuters • May 23, 2023
He would raise the question on a Thursday morning, and so he had not shaved since the Monday—this provided a shadow of interest across what was in truth a weakish jawline.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 8, 2018
A weakish second serve on break point lets Williams take the initiative, and that’s the early break.
From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2016
A weakish second serve on break point lets Williams take the initiative, and that’s the early break.
From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2016
We have heard of Weissenfels before; the same poor Weissenfels who was Wilhelmina's Wooer in old time, now on the verge of sixty; an extremely polite but weakish old gentleman; accidentally preserved in History.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Carlyle, Thomas
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