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faintly

  • a word derived from faint.

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Faintly terrifying though it is, it’s an object lesson in the Fleischers’ expansive view of animation’s possibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Faintly we heard the eerie traces of high-pitched whale song, the complicated variation that the males sing, perhaps to warn off other males.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2021

Faintly, a woman is heard saying, “9 kilos!”

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2012

Faintly visible in the right-hand corner are the prompter’s hands.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2010

Faintly he could make out a strip of wan, greyish light filtering in.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques