anemically

In feeble fashion

Anemically means in a weak, listless, or lackluster manner.

The word derives from anemia, a blood condition causing fatigue, but the adverb almost always appears figuratively: The economy grew anemically.

The team performed anemically in the second half.

Something done anemically lacks vigor or vitality.

weakly

feebly

Without vigor or power

listlessly · sluggishly · tiredly · wearily · shakily · powerlessly · enervated · debilitated

lackluster

tepidly

Without much feeling

blandly · insipidly · vapidly · flatly · spiritlessly · passionlessly · unenthusiastically · halfheartedly · lamely · tamely

passively

indifferently

Without preference or concern

torpidly · phlegmatically · dispassionately · unresponsively · detachedly · passively · numbly · unemotionally

pallid

wan

Pale and unwell-looking

colorlessly · sallow · ghostly · chalky · blanched · washed-out · drained · faded · pasty · peaked

Opposites
physical vigor/health

anemicallyrobustly

With forceful vitality

healthily · vigorously · soundly · heartily · ruddily

energy/force of action

anemicallypowerfully

With considerable strength

forcefully · energetically · vigorously · strongly · robustly

vitality/liveliness

anemicallyvibrantly

With intense liveliness

vivaciously · spiritedly · animatedly · energetically · lustily

Family

anemic, anemia, anemias, anemics, sickle cell anemia, pernicious anemia

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