Synonyms of faintly

faintly

adverb

as in quietly

Related Words

• quietly
• feebly
• softly
• low
• noiselessly
• silently
• inaudibly
• soundlessly
• voicelessly

Dissimilar Words

• aloud
• out
• audibly
• out loud
• clearly
• distinctly
• verbally
• vocally
• plainly
• perceptibly
• discernibly
• distinguishably

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of faintly

All your zillennial and millennial friends, now adults with car insurance and vigorous SPF routines, have been watching cozy, faintly dissociative teen dramas in order to forget their troubles. — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026

The ceremonies are held at Nihi’s Nihioka sanctuary, an hour’s ride from the hotel through wide open rice fields and thick jungle, where emerald hills cascade down towards the sea and the sound of waves carries faintly across the valley. — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026

Instead of using a mirror to gather starlight, MOTHRA has many telephoto lenses, like those on a camera, which can capture faintly glowing wisps of gas and other feeble emanations across a wider field of view. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

Tall and exceedingly slender, she was dressed in a faintly androgynous way. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Her baby lies still in her arms, his breathing faintly wheezing. — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

As that handover proceeds, the excitatory signal that keeps your muscles faintly tensed all day begins to withdraw, and muscle tone drops toward the near-paralysis of deep sleep. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

At a certain point, the deadly seriousness of so many consecutive anti-miracles can’t help but turn faintly comical. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026

The color was also gently smudged below her lower lashes, winging ever so faintly upward at the outer corner. — Marci Robin, Allure, 20 July 2026