faintly
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faintly
- /ˈfeɪntli/
Where it comes from
From Middle English feintli, feintliche, equivalent to faint + -ly.
adverb faintlier · faintliest
- In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly. So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: weakly, shallowly, thinly, slightly, poorly, dimly, mildly, marginally, loosely, sparsely, low, barely, subtly, lightly, delicately, imperceptibly
Translations
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adv in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly
| 中文 | 轻巧地 |
|---|---|
| Français | faiblement |
| Italiano | debolmente, tenuemente, fiocamente, fievolmente, pallidamente, esilmente |
| Русский | сла́бо slábo, ти́хо tíxo |
Talk about this word "faintly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/faintly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. faintly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/faintly "faintly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/faintly.Cite this
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