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Recent Examples of faintly
Apart from the gray lines, the dress was crafted with a soft, faintly sheer off-white fabric that complemented the gray elements throughout.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
If the key is taken to be some primordial tradition, echoing faintly across world literature after tens of millennia, any effort to pin it down looks hopeless.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The notion that the nine-time Women’s Super League champions need more hunger in the one competition that has historically evaded them may sound faintly ridiculous but this was a night that left plenty to be desired.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Mild and buttery with faintly mushroomy and cabbagey notes, this one is easy to love.
—Emily Monaco With Kat Craddock, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
The opening layers vanilla and honey into a faintly sweet and almost liquor-like aroma.
—Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
The porch smells faintly of lime and ginger, and the house hums the way houses do when a good conversation has just ended.
—Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The gallery smells faintly of cinnamon and polished wood.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
If the key is taken to be some primordial tradition, echoing faintly across world literature after tens of millennia, any effort to pin it down looks hopeless.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The notion that the nine-time Women’s Super League champions need more hunger in the one competition that has historically evaded them may sound faintly ridiculous but this was a night that left plenty to be desired.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Mild and buttery with faintly mushroomy and cabbagey notes, this one is easy to love.
—Emily Monaco With Kat Craddock, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
The opening layers vanilla and honey into a faintly sweet and almost liquor-like aroma.
—Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
The porch smells faintly of lime and ginger, and the house hums the way houses do when a good conversation has just ended.
—Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The gallery smells faintly of cinnamon and polished wood.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faintly
Adverb
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This is the painstaking process of counting and measuring every stud, sheet of drywall, window, and baseboard from 2D plans, quietly devouring time and budgets.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Mexican government, for its part, was being quietly coöperative at the border, and the country’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, was managing to balance public opposition to Trump with greater flexibility in private.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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One man aboard the boat knew how to navigate the mangroves and sandbars of the keys, and with the late summer sun beating down on the rafters, the boat pushed out feebly into the open ocean.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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As Rissa emerged from the chapel and began to walk down the aisle during the ceremony, a harpist and choir sang softly in the background, adding to the already emotional atmosphere.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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This image captures the Rubin Observatory beneath a dazzling sweep of the southern Milky Way galaxy, with the Large Magellanic Cloud glowing softly to the left.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Such a deal has yet to materialize, with opposing GMs attempting to buy low on a former first-round pick who had a disappointing preseason and has seemingly fallen out of favor with the team that drafted him.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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This molecule possesses both a low lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy and a minimal barrier for releasing lithium ions.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Faintly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faintly. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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