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say it: FAYNT-lee
faintly is an adverb meaning "to a faint degree or weakly perceived". It carries one recorded sense.
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
“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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for faintly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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