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faintly

/ˈfeɪntɫi/ adv

In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.

Word Origin Faintly comes from faint, which originally meant 'feigned, pretended' — from Latin fingere 'to mold, shape, feign'. The idea: something faint is weak, as if not fully real. The same root gives us fiction (something shaped), figure (form), and feign. So faintly is 'in a weak, barely perceptible manner'.

adv In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.

She could hear the music faintly from the next room.

(副词) 微弱地；隐约地；轻轻地

她能隐约听到隔壁房间传来的音乐声。

(adverbio) débilmente; levemente; suavemente; tenuemente [Débilmente; muy suavemente o levemente.]

Podía escuchar la música débilmente desde la habitación contigua.

(adverbe) faiblement; doucement; légèrement; à peine [De manière faible ou à peine perceptible; très doucement ou légèrement.]

Elle pouvait entendre la musique faiblement depuis la pièce d'à côté.

(Adverb) schwach; leise; gedämpft [auf schwache, kaum hörbare oder sichtbare Weise; sehr leise oder leicht.]

Sie konnte die Musik **faintly** aus dem Nachbarzimmer hören.

(副詞) かすかに；非常に静かに、またはわずかに。

彼女は隣の部屋から音楽がかすかに聞こえた。

(advérbio) levemente; fracamente; suavemente; de leve; apenas [De modo fraco; muito baixinho ou levemente.]

Ela conseguia ouvir a música baixinho do quarto ao lado.

Synonyms: softly weakly dimly vaguely slightly barely quietly lightly Antonyms: strongly loudly clearly brightly
Word parts: faint + ly

Common collocations

smile verb voice subst smell verb ridiculous adj smile subst sound verb surprised adj expression subst amused adj echo verb familiar adj glow verb

Related words

fiction fictional fictitious figment figure figurative configuration disfigurement effigy

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