flimsily
- adverb
- /ˈflɪmzəli/
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de manera frágil
- A few years ago, I lived in an older, somewhat flimsily built apartment complex (a hard wind hitting the building would make my floor lamps sway).
Examples
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We find a more incisive attack on certain widely held but flimsily based theoretical assumptions from a position more firmly rooted in literary criticism on the other side of the Atlantic in Valentine Cunningham's.
Academic text (1995) -
Now, when their work is tested, three of those four where the appropriate comparison is possible betray their identity, while the fourth remains only flimsily concealed.
Academic text (2002) -
The description of traditional secondary large ensembles as outdated societal art forms is built somewhat flimsily on controversy rather than thorough reasoning.
Academic text (2013) -
The coherence of the appendices and the footnotes with the rest of the book reveals that the nature of the whole consists largely of vaguely relevant details that are flimsily attached to one another; the majority of the text might be properly described as auxiliary material.
Academic text (2005) -
In "My Early Beliefs," Keynes claims that Bloomsbury's early ethical beliefs had been "flimsily based on an a priori view of what human nature is like, both other people's and our own, which was disastrously mistaken: the view that human nature is reasonable."
Academic text (1990) -
Others had corals, beads, and feathers, and the dancers wore colored scarves that waved flimsily from their shoulders as they sprinted with elegant long legs.
Academic text (1997) -
The fence had been put up flimsily, so it was no surprise that it fell over in the wind.
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The paper was printed flimsily, making it easy to tear.
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They built the shack flimsily, which was why it couldn't withstand the heavy rain.
Synonyms
35
1.0
In a way that shows little strength or energy
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3.9
In a weak way that shows little energy
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6.0
In a careless way that uses cheap materials or little effort
In a weak and unimportant way that gives little real support
In a limp, weak way that is not firm
In a way that is not steady and likely to move, change, or fall
Antonyms
How Solid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flimsily comes from flimsy, a word that likely began in English to mean 'thin' or 'weak'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a thin 'film' or piece of paper that tears easily, so to do something flimsily is to do it in a weak, easily broken way.