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Faintly

//ˈfeɪntli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    to a faint degree or weakly perceived wordnet

Etymology

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

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