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Meaning of "flimsily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLIMSILY

flimsily  [ˈflɪmzɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLIMSILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flimsily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES FLIMSILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of flimsily in the English dictionary

The first definition of flimsily in the dictionary is weakly. Other definition of flimsily is in light or thin clothing or fabric. Flimsily is also unconvincingly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLIMSILY


breezily
ˈbriːzɪlɪ
busily
ˈbɪzɪlɪ
clumsily
ˈklʌmzɪlɪ
cosily
ˈkəʊzɪlɪ
cozily
ˈkəʊzɪlɪ
crazily
ˈkreɪzɪlɪ
dizzily
ˈdɪzɪlɪ
drowsily
ˈdraʊzɪlɪ
easily
ˈiːzɪlɪ
frowzily
ˈfraʊzɪlɪ
fuzzily
ˈfʌzɪlɪ
gauzily
ˈɡɔːzɪlɪ
hazily
ˈheɪzɪlɪ
lazily
ˈleɪzɪlɪ
muzzily
ˈmʌzɪlɪ
noisily
ˈnɔɪzɪlɪ
nosily
ˈnəʊzɪlɪ
rosily
ˈrəʊzɪlɪ
snazzily
ˈsnæzɪlɪ
uneasily
ʌnˈiːzɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLIMSILY

flim
flimflam
flimflam artist
flimflam man
flimflammed
flimflammer
flimflammery
flimflamming
flimp
flimsier
flimsiest
flimsiness
flimsy
flinch
flincher
flinchingly
flinder
flinders

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLIMSILY

bossily
cheesily
classily
crusily
fussily
glassily
glossily
greasily
gutsily
horsily
lousily
messily
mussily
prosily
pursily
queasily
sassily
tipsily
tossily
unfussily

Synonyms and antonyms of flimsily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flimsily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLIMSILY

Find out the translation of flimsily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flimsily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flimsily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

flimsily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flimsily
570 millions of speakers

English

flimsily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flimsily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

flimsily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

flimsily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flimsily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

flimsily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flimsily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flimsily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hauchdünn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

薄っぺらく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

flimsily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flimsily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

flimsily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flimsily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तापटपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

flimsily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flimsily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

flimsily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

flimsily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flimsily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flimsily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flimsily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flimsily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flimsily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flimsily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLIMSILY»

The term «flimsily» is normally little used and occupies the 140.154 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLIMSILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flimsily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flimsily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flimsily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLIMSILY»

Discover the use of flimsily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flimsily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Campaign Manual
New ship; boilers dangerous; flimsily built; little speed Rotten; at Boston; speed 9 knots; needs extensive repairs. Repairing at Mare Island, really rcbuildilg, with enlarged imensions. In fair condition' at sea; speed 10 knots. Half rotten; at ...
Democratic National Committee (U.S.), 1876
2
Fireproof Magazine
N0 country in the world, unless perhaps China, can show so many flimsily built structures congested into such close quarters as can we of the great enlightened United States of America. Our fathers bu-ilt rather flimsily and of combustible ...
3
The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, ...
Bestselling author Edward Klein draws on rare access to inside sources to reveal what Hillary knew and when she knew it during her years as first lady, especially during her husband’s impeachment.
Edward Klein, 2005
4
Treasury Decisions
Small finger rings of brass, flimsily constructed, toys, not jewelry. Small finger rings, composed of brass, their size indicating adaptability for use by young children, flimsily constructed, and of the description ordinarily packed in penny packages ...
United States. Dept. of the Treasury, United States. Customs Court, 1906
5
Bulletin
Lightly and flimsily constructed wooden buildings. Well-constructed wooden buildings generally withstood the shock, but those that were flimsily built, resting upon posts or equally insufficient foundations, collapsed, even where they were fairly ...
6
Cheerful Americans
Why is it that cheap barns are so flimsily built? I know that our barn is cheap because the rent for house and barn is less than what many a clerk, city pent, pays for a cramped flat, but again I ask, why are they flimsily built ? I have no complaint ...
Charles Battell Loomis, 1903
7
The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906: And ...
Lightly and flimsily constructed wooden buildings. Well-constructed wooden buildings generally withstood the shock, but those that were flimsily built, resting upon posts or equally insufficient foundations, collapsed, even where they were fairly ...
Grove Karl Gilbert, Joseph Austin Holmes, Richard Lewis Humphrey, 1907
8
California Safety News
Articles in “California Safety News” for the Year 1921. Volume 5. ACCIDENTS— — A Boiler Explosion. No. 10, pages 12, 13. (By B. M. Evans.) A Flimsily Constructed Outrigger Scaffold Kills a Bricklayer. No. 6, pages 12, 13. (By J. J. Rosedale.) ...
California. Division of Industrial Safety, 1920
9
Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, and ...
Small finger rings of brass, flimsily construcfed, toys, not jewelry. Small finger rings, composed of brass, their size indicating adaptability for use by young children, flimsily constructed, and of the description ordinarily packed in penny packages ...
United States. Department of the Treasury, 1906
10
The California earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the ...
Probably it was not a building of the most excellent construction ; but, on the other hand, it did not appear to be built flimsily. It certainly suffered a most violent shaking. Near by small frame dwellings were pitched from their underpinning.
California. State Earthquake Investigation Commission, Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid, 1908

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLIMSILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flimsily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Gifted funnyperson writer Caitlin Moran hits the Free Library on …
Her most recent book, How to Build a Girl, is a hilarious and flimsily ("quite on purpose") disguised memoir of her personal coming into her own. «Philly.com, Jul 15»
2
Greek debt crisis: Varoufakis's best moments
In Varoufakis's closing remarks he calls the Troika of the IMF, ECB and European Commission a "flimsily-constructed committee" with which ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
3
Man City: Aguero can take out Argentina frustration in the Premier …
Aguero flimsily clasped hands with his replacement and sat on the bench. Higuain enhanced his unwanted reputation for choking in finals by ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
4
Looming uncertainty
The first Slovenia goal came when the central English defence, so flimsily manned by Chelsea's Gary Cahill and Manchester United's Chris Smalling broke ... «Sportstar, Jul 15»
5
Balancing blame and blunders
BNP deserves just as much blame as AL in the upsetting of this equilibrium and in bringing on a flimsily veiled autocracy. The BNP's best ... «DhakaTribune, Jul 15»
6
Rapid unplanned disassembly
Coaxing what is, in essence, a flimsily built flying bomb into orbit without mishap is a difficult task, and most types of rocket in use have suffered ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
7
Anton Coaker: Financial ramifications of default are all Greek to me
I can't say that the new 'Max' cuts it for me, although I approved of the ample supply of flimsily attired nubiles. And I was mightily tickled to see ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
8
Dave Matthews doubles up in marathon Xcel Center show
Though elegant at times, the jamming mostly dragged along in the acoustic format, going up and down playfully yet flimsily like the musical ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
9
BLU Life 8 XL Review
It looks good until you hold it, where it becomes evident that it's been put together flimsily. One of the issues with any value-priced smartphone ... «Phone Arena, Jun 15»
10
As Black churches burn, where are the feds?
... and again for violence against people of color, using at best flimsily disguised language and at worst the vilest and most degrading terms. «Workers World, Jun 15»

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