velleity

English - Turkish

Definition of velleity in English Turkish dictionary: zayıf istek; heves; küçük heves; hafif heves; {i} hafif istek; {i} istemseme; hafif arzu

English - English

Definition of velleity in English English dictionary: The lowest degree of desire or volition, with no effort to act
This connoisseuse of “splendid weaknesses”, run not by any lust or even velleity but by vacuum: by the absence of human hope.; A slight wish not followed by any effort to obtain
Who could have imagined then, in Crumpsall, that the ancient Jewish hope, ‘Next year in Jerusalem’ – for so long more a velleity than a hope, the feeblest and most unanticipated of anticipations – would be realised in their lifetime and that they would be able to stand here, under the watchful eye of Israeli soldiers, but otherwise unimpeded, together?.; The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition; volition in its weakest form; a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain; {i} mere wish (without attempt to realize it); volition in its weakest form a mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain