adjective (frailer, frailest)
1 (especially of an old person) physically weak and thin:
Mother was becoming too frail to live alone. * his frail hands
2 weak; easily damaged or broken:
the frail stems of the flowers * Human nature is frail.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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