Anemically
Pathology. suffering from .
lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness; listless; weak:
an anemic effort; anemic tones.
Contemporary Examples
His last published work was a poorly received, anemically selling biography of Sarah Palin.
Joe McGinniss: The Hide of an Alligator, And Then Some Lloyd Grove March 11, 2014
Historical Examples
Indeed it was anemically green; uneven, hacked and ragged; shorn of its emerald beauty.
Greener Than You Think Ward Moore
adjective
the usual US spelling of anaemic
adj.
alternative (chiefly U.S.) spelling of anaemic (q.v.). See ae.
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anemic murmur anemic murmur n. A nonvalvular murmur heard on auscultation of the heart and large blood vessels in cases of profound anemia.
- Anemo-
a combining form meaning “wind”: anemograph. combining form indicating wind: anemometer, anemophilous before vowels anem-, word-forming element meaning “wind,” from comb. form of Greek anemos (see anemone).
- Anemochore
an plant, seed, or spore. noun a plant in which the fruits or seeds are dispersed by wind
- Anemochorous
(of a fruit, seed, or spore) adapted for dispersion by wind. (of a plant) having anemochorous fruits, seeds, or spores, as the dandelion.
- Anemochory
the dispersal of plant seeds or spores by the wind.