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Recent Examples of faintly
Instead, thanks to the sugar, eggs, and butter in the mix, vinegar pie is sweet, silky, subtly fruity, and faintly tangy; on the tartness level akin to cheesecake.
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Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Gasly seems faintly bewildered by the designation.
—Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Apr. 2026
In the new film, Jackson is played by his nephew Jaafar, with a faintly familiar smile and highly familiar dance moves.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
The fans faintly begin chanting his name, then their voices disappear into a hush.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Most faintly resemble, if at all, truly grassroots movements.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
This was a black one with blotches faintly outlined in pale yellow, a beautiful but deadly looking animal.
—Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
The architecture is predominantly grand Victorian villas in candy-box lilacs and creams, their aged wooden panels faintly reminiscent of a Norwegian coastal town.
—Alexandra Genova, TheWeek, 7 Apr. 2026
The pillow beneath my head is flat and smells faintly of disinfectant.
—Liz Koch, STAT, 6 Apr. 2026
Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Gasly seems faintly bewildered by the designation.
—Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Apr. 2026
In the new film, Jackson is played by his nephew Jaafar, with a faintly familiar smile and highly familiar dance moves.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
The fans faintly begin chanting his name, then their voices disappear into a hush.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Most faintly resemble, if at all, truly grassroots movements.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
This was a black one with blotches faintly outlined in pale yellow, a beautiful but deadly looking animal.
—Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
The architecture is predominantly grand Victorian villas in candy-box lilacs and creams, their aged wooden panels faintly reminiscent of a Norwegian coastal town.
—Alexandra Genova, TheWeek, 7 Apr. 2026
The pillow beneath my head is flat and smells faintly of disinfectant.
—Liz Koch, STAT, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faintly
Adverb
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In these quietly stunning essays, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, the daughter of an Army veteran and a schoolteacher, looks back on her upbringing in Buckhannon, West Virginia.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Wealth, meanwhile, has quietly redefined itself upward.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
Adverb
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Infantino, as Henry Bushnell writes, talked rather feebly about working together and, randomly, said an upcoming under-15 tournament for all member associations was something to encourage co-operation.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Heathcliff’s racial ambiguity — so central to the novel’s violence and otherness — is feebly erased.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The Spa is softly lit, cypress lined, curtain draped—truly a destination spa with thoughtful touches like aromatic neck pillows and custom tea blends.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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The skirt was a floor-length, softly flowing pale blush pink in a sheer, lightweight fabric.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
Adverb
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Tommy kept his head bent low as the man ushered them into the building.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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And that follow-up, a low-dose CT scan, showed the mass had grown.—
Armstrong Williams,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2026
Adverb
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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
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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
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“Faintly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faintly. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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