faintly

adverb

Definition of faintlynext
as in quietly

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Recent Examples of faintly Rounding out the shoe is an outsole in black and a faintly blue translucent rubber. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026 The vast, faintly industrial open warehouse incorporates concrete and wood surfaces, and glass walls frame views of the al fresco crowd in the courtyard. — Jaclyn Degiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 This is a subject far older than this Lean-In-era epiphany, yet New Stanford stops short at gesturing faintly in the direction of conversations that could theoretically be had. — Judy Berman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 For a generation of children only faintly aware of Led Zeppelin, but intimately aware of every second of Wayne’s World thanks to countless repeat viewings, this was extraordinarily confusing. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026 Mention a competing system and some responses turn faintly territorial. — Puneet Gaur, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Three hours after Thomas Jefferson died at his Monticello home on July 4, 1826, his personal secretary, Nicholas Trist, snipped a lock of the Founder’s gray hair, still faintly reddish blond. — Andrew Lawler, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026 The film is Bullock’s first in four years, and critics are ever-so-faintly praising her return to the big screen. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026 Related Stories While onstage before his new film bowed on the first night of the serene Colorado festival, Haigh seemed faintly astonished to be there at all. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faintly
  1. quietly
  2. feebly
  3. softly
  4. low
  5. noiselessly
Adverb
  • Wittlin, a 26-year-old broadcast television technician, watched quietly as two officers fist-bumped and another looked inside his wallet.
    — Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The answer is a poncho, a trend that quietly gained momentum this year and, in my eyes, is here to stay.
    — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of quietly
Adverb
  • On the floor beside him, the dog was feebly pursuing some quarry in a dream.
    — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
  • By the time Robyn joins the conversation, her bestie is on the ropes, feebly trying to insist that the entire matter is a misunderstanding.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of feebly
Adverb
  • Her eyes were softly defined with blended brown tones that could easily work just as well as a daytime look.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Sharp had worked in public relations and was also a gifted ceramics artist who created minimalistic vases and softly sloping bowls.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of softly
Adverb
  • With a Gulf of Alaska low set to linger for the next week, the pattern is primed for an atmospheric river the moment our stable airmass moves east.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Williams is at 8,750 yards and counting, but low-hanging Bears passing records aren’t the point.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of low
Adverb
  • Small branches can be clipped quickly and almost noiselessly and fashioned into an effective blind in only a few minutes.
    — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
  • On a brilliant midsummer morning, my wife and I stepped into a black Zodiac raft and drifted noiselessly among icebergs five stories high, their emerald and aquamarine walls gleaming above sapphire waters.
    — Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2025
Definition of noiselessly

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“Faintly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faintly. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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