Dictionary

faintly en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈfeɪntli/

Etymology

From Middle English feintli, feintliche, equivalent to faint + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.
   • Faintlier, faintlier came the footfalls to his ear, until of all the faint sounds that came, by the abandoned air, to his ear, not one was a footfall, as far as he could judge. 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
   • ‘When—when are you going?’ said Jane faintly. 1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part II, Chapter IV, page 198:
   • 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. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

Forms

Translations (17)

it esilmente (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · it fievolmente (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · cmn 轻巧地 (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · eo malforte (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · la languidius (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · pl lekko (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · ru сла́бо (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · it pallidamente (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · io feble (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · it debolmente (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · ru ти́хо (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · fr faiblement (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · bg слабо (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · bg бледо (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · pl słabo (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · it fiocamente (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly) · it tenuemente (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)