— flimsily , adv. — flimsiness , n.
/flim"zee/ , adj., flimsier, flimsiest , n. , pl. flimsies .
adj.
1. without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure.
2. weak; inadequate; not effective or convincing: a flimsy excuse.
n.
3. a thin kind of paper, esp. for use in making several copies at a time of an article, telegraphic dispatch, or the like, as in newspaper work.
4. a copy of a report or dispatch on such paper.
[ 1695-1705; flim- (perh. metathetic var. of FILM) + -SY ]
Syn. 1. shoddy, weak, unstable, unsteady. 2. unconvincing, lame, vague.
Ant. 1. sturdy.