Local English word record

faintly

adverb · 1 sense

to a faint degree or weakly perceived

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Examples

  • between him and the dim light a form was outlined faintly
  • stars shining faintly through the overcast
  • could hear his distant shouts only faintly
  • the rumors weren't even faintly true

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