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PRONUNCIATION OF FAINTHEARTEDLY

faintheartedly  [ˌfeɪntˈhɑːtɪdlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAINTHEARTEDLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Faintheartedly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES FAINTHEARTEDLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of faintheartedly in the English dictionary

The definition of faintheartedly in the dictionary is nervously.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FAINTHEARTEDLY


bigheartedly
ˌbɪɡˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
brokenheartedly
ˌbrəʊkənˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
chicken-heartedly
ˌtʃɪkɪnˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
cold-heartedly
ˌkəʊldˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
downheartedly
ˌdaʊnˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
free-heartedly
ˌfriːˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
greatheartedly
ˌɡreɪtˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
half-heartedly
ˌhɑːfˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
hardheartedly
ˌhɑːdˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
heavyheartedly
ˌhɛvɪˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
kind-heartedly
ˌkaɪndˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
light-heartedly
ˌlaɪtˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
lion-heartedly
ˌlaɪənˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
open-heartedly
ˌəʊpənˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
repeatedly
rɪˈpiːtɪdlɪ
softheartedly
ˌsɒftˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
stout-heartedly
ˌstaʊtˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
tenderheartedly
ˌtɛndəˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
warm-heartedly
ˌwɔːmˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
wholeheartedly
ˌhəʊlˈhɑːtɪdlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAINTHEARTEDLY

fain
faineance
faineancy
faineantise
fainites
fainly
fainness
fains
faint
faint-hearted
faint-ruled paper
fainter
faintheartedness
fainting fit
faintish
faintly
faintness
faints
fainty
fair

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAINTHEARTEDLY

admittedly
allegedly
animatedly
belatedly
connectedly
dejectedly
delightedly
devotedly
distractedly
exaggeratedly
excitedly
expectedly
heatedly
purportedly
relatedly
undisputedly
undoubtedly
unexpectedly
uninterruptedly
unitedly
unprecedentedly

Synonyms and antonyms of faintheartedly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «faintheartedly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAINTHEARTEDLY

Find out the translation of faintheartedly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of faintheartedly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «faintheartedly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

faintheartedly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cobardemente
570 millions of speakers

English

faintheartedly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

faintheartedly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

faintheartedly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

малодушно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

covardemente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

faintheartedly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faintheartedly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lemah hati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kleinmütig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

faintheartedly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

faintheartedly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepengin banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

faintheartedly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

faintheartedly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दमटीने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çekinerek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pusillanime
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

faintheartedly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

малодушно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

faintheartedly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

faintheartedly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

faintheartedly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

faintheartedly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

faintheartedly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of faintheartedly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAINTHEARTEDLY»

The term «faintheartedly» is normally little used and occupies the 145.971 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAINTHEARTEDLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «faintheartedly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «faintheartedly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about faintheartedly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAINTHEARTEDLY»

Discover the use of faintheartedly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to faintheartedly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Peter Camenzind: A Novel
And as the clouds are suspended faintheartedly and longingly and stubbornly between heaven and earth, the souls of men are suspended faintheartedly and longingly and stubbornly between time and eternity. O lovely, floating, restless ...
Hermann Hesse, 2013
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th. Deutsch-englisch
f.W>eid}(trt> west, tender; f. Derjagt/ nualjlo? faint, fainthearted, heartless, cowardly; cine feig? QNcme me coward ; feige ma$e!l to discourage, dishearten. — adv. weakly, tenderly, faintheartedly, cowardly. %eiQt, f. fiff. fteiqetibaum, m. fig -tree, ...
Nathan Bailey, Johann Anton Fahrenkrüger, 1801
3
White Walls: Collected Stories
By the way, I'd like to note — for the sake of fairness and the bigger picture — that though Antonina Sergeevna acted faintheartedly, sloughing off her guilt in the affair of the boiled citizens of R. (and who wouldn't have acted faintheartedly?) ...
Татьяна Толстая, 2007
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New Outlook
There was a peat fire dying inside after toasting oat-cakes for supper, and it puffed faintheartedly, like Larry's pipe. What ail.d the boy ? Sure, it wasn't his way to sit glum. The mither smiled, and cunningly set herself to tickle the heart of him.
Alfred Emanuel Smith, 1900
5
The highlands of central India: notes on their forests and ...
But if he fall faintheartedly, his lot will be in hell. Whosoever turns back again in terror, each step that he takes shall be equivalent to the guilt of killing a Brahman ; but he who boldly casts himself over, each step that he takes is equal in merit to  ...
James Forsyth, 1889
6
The old helmet, by the author of 'Wide, wide world'.
the Squire burst out violently — "speak! truth or falsehood, whichever you like. Speak out, and don't go round about. Answer your mother's question." " Will you please to repeat it, mamma ?" Eleanor said, a little faintheartedly. VOL. II. t " If you  ...
Susan Bogert Warner, 1864
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The London Quarterly Review
But we do beg those of our fellow-countrymen who wish to keep up the vigour of our old mother-tongue to avoid the affected drawl which Mr. Marsh so awkwardly apologises for and so faintheartedly recommends. We cannot disguise the fact ...
8
Wordsworth and His Circle
Catching one hasty glimpse of this loveliest of landscapes, I retreated like a guilty thing, for fear I might be surprised by Wordsworth, and then returned, faintheartedly, to Coniston, and so to Oxford, re infectd" De Quincey crowned his academic ...
David Watson Rannie, 1907
9
The Psychoanalytic Vocation: Rank, Winnicott, and the Legacy ...
In The Trauma of Birth, Rank aggressively takes up the cudgels on Freud's behalf to attack all those, beginning with Josef Breuer, who have faintheartedly refused to recognize the importance of “the sexual factor.” The secessions of Adler and ...
Peter L. Rudnytsky, 2013
10
Master Bartlemy: Or, The Thankful Heart
And the clothes to one's back." " Even if they are clothes you do not much like, Giles?" said Miss Nancy, faintheartedly, with the new Leghorn hat stalking gloomily before her mind's eye, and the bottle-green coat that THE THANKFUL HEART.
Frances E. Crompton, 1893

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAINTHEARTEDLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term faintheartedly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Two calls to struggle against World War I
The so-called Centre of the German and other Social-Democratic parties has in actual fact faintheartedly capitulated to the opportunists. It must ... «Socialist Worker Online, Oct 14»
2
Scenic ascent a stunner
It would have been a beast of a climb on our bikes, but we faintheartedly decided to use diesel instead of muscle. Our bold quest thus began at ... «Marlborough Express, Mar 14»
3
How to: archive and back up photos
... carbarns reheeled ruminative mossbanker stogey insurrectionise nosean varas faintheartedly [url=http://www.scenicoutlookstudios.com]uggs ... «What Digital Camera, Sep 10»
4
Pan's Labyrinth Still Isn't Any Good
The two plotlines try faintheartedly to merge behind common themes: mindless obeyance versus free thought, valor over despotism. «LAist, Jan 07»

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