flimsily

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adverb

In a flimsy manner.

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Meanings

adverbflimsily (comparative more flimsily, superlative most flimsily)

comparative more flimsily · superlative most flimsily

  1. In a flimsy manner.

    They had barely time to regain the garden, when the flames shot through the house from top to bottom; for it was flimsily built inside and as dry as tinder.

    1900, Edward Stratemeyer, On to Pekin, Chapter 19

Origin

From flimsy + -ly.

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APA

flimsily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flimsily

MLA

“flimsily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flimsily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flimsily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flimsily.

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