Meanings of very flimsy in English

Just a blanket over the horse's back and some very flimsy-looking reins.

The lanterns were enclosed in transparent wrappings that were very flimsy and paperlike.

The rail against which she leaned looked very flimsy.

The broomstick felt very flimsy to be this high.

But his identifying evidence is very flimsy.

It was a very tenuous, very flimsy manifestation; but it was quite definitely there, right in front of me.

Mobs frequently took a hand in the proceedings, and several men were attacked and arrested on very flimsy pretexts.

The masonry is always rough, much inferior to the old walls against which it generally rests, and usually very flimsy.

These hotels are constructed in a very flimsy manner, and what is said in one room can be heard in another.

The invaders had a few very flimsy bows, scarcely six arrows to each bow-andnothing else in the way of weapons.

I tensed my legs, hugging the Ski, and I tightened my grip on a seat strap that suddenly seemed very flimsy.

When I turned around, the seventh elephant was staring me down from the other side of a very flimsy portable electric fence.

Hearing the warning tone in the young man's voice, Skylan quickly scaled the ladder, which was made of iron and looked very flimsy.

One sickly-looking gentleman was busied embroidering a very flimsy garment with gold thread drawn out of several old court-dresses of the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

Aylaen was relieved to see that this servant was more appropriately clothed, although the fabric was lightweight and seemed very flimsy to her northern eyes.

"Human life seems at times a very flimsy affair, doesn't it?"