faint-heartedly en · ADV
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of faintheartedly.
alt of faintheartedly
Then once more the crew came on with swords and axes, but faint-heartedly, and the end of it was that they lost some more men dead and wounded and fell back again.
1891, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “How Eric Dreamed a Dream”, in Eric Brighteyes, 2nd edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 132:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most faint-heartedly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more faint-heartedly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |