flimsilyadv.
/ˈflɪmzᵻli/, U.S. /ˈflɪmzᵻli/ In a flimsy manner.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adverb]
slightly1521
unsoundly1593
flimsily1787
frailly1860
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > insubstantially > frivolously
idlec1330
frivolously1611
whifflingly1668
knick-knackically1749
flimsily1787
1787 Minor 159 How flimsily the contractor..had executed his plans.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) II. ii. 54 Then ensued a variety of the different manners of speaking ill. Potter flimsily [etc.].
1863 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 292 Certainly I looked very flimsily at all.
1888 Harper's Mag. July 215 The work was done cheaply and flimsily.
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adv.1787- to warm up to
- to warm up us to warm over
- to warn a person his will or of his will
- to warn a person's thoughts
- to warn before
- to warn custos
- to warn his will or of his will
- to warn in
- to warn off
- to warn off the course
- to warn out
- to warn thoughts
- to warp one's way
- to warrant out
- to warrant, acquiet, and defend
- to warrant, acquit , and defend
- to warray forth
- to warsle down
- to warsle on
- to warsle one's way
- to warsle out
- to warsle out of
- to warsle through
- to warsle up
- to wash a blackamoor white