See Also: faintly(dictionary)

faintly (iou)



faintly adverb. ME.
[from FAINT adjective + -LY2.]
Feignedly, deceitfully. ME-M18.
In a faint manner; feebly, indistinctly; to an almost imperceptible degree, very slightly. ME.
Steele To praise faintly the good Qualities of those below them. Scott Fitzgerald She..heard them still singing faintly a song.., very remote in time and far away. M. Lavin The room..was only faintly lit. G. Greene His brother..would be faintly surprised by this visit.
Hardly, scarcely. E16-M17.