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After that," he said, faintheartedly, for there was a sparkle in Nelly's eye which discouraged him, "we shall settle down in London, and you shall see all you want to see.

From Mary Gray by Tynan, Katharine

Second pause—the bell boring on, but more faintheartedly, as if doubting whether it ever would reach that nerve.

From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Brown, Arthur William

Opportunities of service, slothfully or faintheartedly neglected, are often withdrawn.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

All this time, however, we are loitering faintheartedly on the threshold of our story.

From House of the Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Do we not often think that our resources are absurdly insufficient, and so, faintheartedly make them still less?

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Maclaren, Alexander