w 4 e 1 a 1 k 5 l 1 y 4
6 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
adverb in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree
originFrom Old English wāclīċe (“weakly”), equivalent to weak + -ly (adjectival suffix); compare Old English wāclīċ (“weak; ignoble; mean”), and Old Norse veikligr (“weakly; sick”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waikalīkaz (“weakly; weak”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0