Meaning & use
Faintly
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In a way that is barely perceptible, weak, or indistinct.
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The music could be heard faintly through the closed door.
She faintly remembered meeting him years earlier.
A note on using this word
"Faintly" can describe both physical sensations, like a faint smell, and mental impressions, like a faint memory.
Words with a similar meaning
weaklydimlyslightly
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Words with an opposite meaning
stronglyclearly
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