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faintly
adverb as in hardly
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
- almost inconceivably
- almost not
- by a hair
- by no means
- detectably
- gradually
- imperceptibly
- infrequently
- little
- no more than
- no way
- not a bit
- not at all
- not by much
- not likely
- not markedly
- not measurably
- not much
- not notably
- not noticeably
- not often
- not quite
- once in a blue moon
- only
- only just
- perceptibly
- pretty near
- scantly
- slightly
- sparsely
- sporadically
- with trouble
adverb as in lightly
Strongest matches
adverb as in quietly
Example Sentences
It smells faintly of vanilla, honey and corn — like a memory of an open field just after a storm.
Nonetheless, it’s not happening faintly soon enough to matter on a planet already heating to the boiling point.
“I had it 10 minutes ago, and I can still faintly taste it,” says Sefami of this observation.
The screams of Hell, Kyle, I can hear them faintly now.
He concluded by saying: "The screams of Hell, Kyle, I can hear them faintly now. The red carpet will come out for you."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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