FAINTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does faintly mean? 

• FAINTLY (adverb)
  The adverb FAINTLY has 1 sense:

1. to a faint degree or weakly perceived

  Familiarity information: FAINTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAINTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a faint degree or weakly perceived

Context example:

the rumors weren't even faintly true

Pertainym:

faint (deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc)

 Context examples 

He no longer felt anything, though very faintly he could hear the impact of the club upon his body.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

“How can you talk so?” said Jane, faintly smiling.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“Thank you, aunt,” said Dora, faintly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

They are still open, and, if anything, larger than before, and the edges of them are faintly white.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Tell me, John,” cried Alleyne faintly: “where is my dear lord, Sir Nigel Loring?”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"After what has passed?" she said faintly.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The instant that I had crossed the threshold the door slammed heavily behind us, and I heard faintly the rattle of the wheels as the carriage drove away.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Hans! Quick! Help me!" she cried faintly.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"It isn't made or trimmed," sighed Meg, faintly, for a sudden recollection of the cost still to be incurred quite overwhelmed her.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)