The boy faintly resembled his father in appearance.
Source: tatoeba (268052)
Faintly
//ˈfeɪntli//
Synonyms for "faintly" (26 found)
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Translations
17 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- бледо adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
- слабо adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 轻巧地 adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
Esperanto
1 entries- malforte adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
French
1 entries- faiblement adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
Ido
1 entries- feble adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
Italian
4 entries- debolmente adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
- esilmente adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
- fievolmente adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
- fiocamente adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
Latin
1 entries- languidius adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
Polish
2 entries- lekko adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
- słabo adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
Russian
2 entries- сла́бо adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
- ти́хо adv (in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Her cheeks were faintly flushed.
Source: tatoeba (309768)
It seems as if my daughter is faintly aware that I'm not her real mother.
Source: tatoeba (1994535)
Tom nodded faintly.
Source: tatoeba (2237463)
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