Faintly

Quick meaning: Faintly is an adverb meaning In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.

Meaning

In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.

Example Sentences

Faintlier, faintlier came the footfalls to his ear, until of all the faint sounds that came, by the abandoned air, to his ear, not one was a footfall, as far as he could judge.

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.

Word Forms

• faintlier
• faintliest

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include weakly, shallowly, thinly, slightly, poorly, dimly.

Related Dictionary Tools