faintly
pronunciation
How to pronounce faintly in British English:
UK [feɪntlɪ]
How to pronounce faintly in American English:
US [feɪntlɪ]
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- Adverb:
- to a faint degree or weakly perceived
Word Origin
- faintly (adv.)
- c. 1300, "dispiritedly, timidly, half-heartedly;" early 14c. "feebly, wearily, without vigor;" from faint (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "indistinctly" is from 1580s. Also in Middle English, "deceitfully, hypocritically, falsely" (mid-14c.).
Example
- 1. Tightly wound spiral arms are also faintly visible
- 2. Eurocrats in brussels are only faintly aware of living in a paralysed country .
- 3. These perverse incentives are addressed , faintly , by obamacare .
- 4. One day I would like to have a long tube snaking in and out of the rooms of my house carrying a faintly glowing algal broth .
- 5. When I landed in beijing last week the sky was a brownish miasma through which distant landmarks were only faintly visible .