niemocno

Polish

Etymology

From niemocny +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲɛˈmɔt͡s.nɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt͡snɔ
  • Syllabification: nie‧moc‧no

Adverb

niemocno (not comparable)

  1. weakly, impotently (with little strength or force)
    Synonym: słabo
    Antonym: mocno
    • 1953, Tadeusz Konwicki, Władza [The Authority], 2. edition (fiction), quoted in Słownik języka polskiego pod redakcją Witolda Jana Doroszewskiego, Warszawa: Czytelnik, published 1955, →OCLC, page 23:
      Co jakiś czas przeciągał niemocno biczem po kobylim brzuchu.
      From time to time he would drag the whip impotently across the mare's belly.

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