faintly

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪntli/

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Adverb

faintly

1. In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.
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     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.

Translations

in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轻巧地

• French: faiblement (fr)
• Ido: feble (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: debolmente (it), tenuemente (it), fiocamente (it), fievolmente (it), pallidamente (it), esilmente (it)
• Latin: languidius
• Polish: lekko (pl), słabo (pl)
• Russian: сла́бо (ru) (slábo), ти́хо (ru) (tíxo)

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