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Men that aren't threatened by opinionated, faintly aggressive women are in a minority.
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Meaning of "faintly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FAINTLY

faintly  [ˈfeɪntlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAINTLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Faintly 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 FAINTLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of faintly in the English dictionary

The definition of faintly in the dictionary is rather; slightly. Other definition of faintly is not strongly, not brightly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FAINTLY


apparently
əˈpærəntlɪ
Bentley
ˈbɛntlɪ
conjointly
ˈkɒnˈdʒɔɪntlɪ
consequently
ˈkɒnsɪkwəntlɪ
consistently
kənˈsɪstəntlɪ
constantly
ˈkɒnstəntlɪ
currently
ˈkʌrəntlɪ
differently
ˈdɪfrəntlɪ
efficiently
ɪˈfɪʃ əntlɪ
frequently
ˈfriːkwəntlɪ
gently
ˈdʒɛntlɪ
independently
ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntlɪ
instantly
ˈɪnstəntlɪ
jointly
ˈdʒɔɪntlɪ
quaintly
ˈkweɪntlɪ
recently
ˈriːsəntlɪ
saintly
ˈseɪntlɪ
significantly
sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəntlɪ
subsequently
ˈsʌbsɪkwəntlɪ
unsaintly
ʌnˈseɪntlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAINTLY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAINTLY

brilliantly
concurrently
confidently
conveniently
diligently
elegantly
evidently
inadvertently
inherently
patiently
permanently
pleasantly
predominantly
presently
prominently
reluctantly
silently
sufficiently
urgently
violently

Synonyms and antonyms of faintly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FAINTLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «faintly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of faintly

Translation of «faintly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAINTLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

依稀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

débilmente
570 millions of speakers

English

faintly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

थोड़े बल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بصوت ضعيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слабо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fracamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুর্বলভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faiblement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lemah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwach
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

かすかに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

희미하게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Faintly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bất tỉnh nhân sự
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மங்கலாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्पष्टपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zayıf olarak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

debolmente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słabo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слабо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

slab
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αχνά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vaagweg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svagt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svakt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of faintly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAINTLY»

The term «faintly» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.256 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAINTLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «faintly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «faintly» 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 faintly

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8 QUOTES WITH «FAINTLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word faintly.
1
Jim Broadbent
It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.
2
Mariella Frostrup
Men that aren't threatened by opinionated, faintly aggressive women are in a minority.
3
Robert Musil
On this thin, scarcely real and yet so perceptible sensation the whole world hung as on a faintly trembling axis, and this in turn rested on the two people in the room.
4
P. J. O'Rourke
The library, with its Daedalian labyrinth, mysterious hush, and faintly ominous aroma of knowledge, has been replaced by the computer's cheap glow, pesky chirp, and data spillage.
5
Charles Saatchi
I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way.
6
Francis Spufford
Why do I write? From selfishness. Because this state of liquefied, complex concentration, however faintly and dimly I'm able to perceive it, is the greatest pleasure I know.
7
Robert Winston
When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of introspection. I see some element of disappointment; I see a sense of humour, but also something that is faintly ridiculous; and I see somebody who is frightened of being found out and thought lightweight.
8
Richard Wright
I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAINTLY»

Discover the use of faintly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to faintly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Every Creeping Thing: True Tales of Repulsive Wildlife
Conniff ranges widely through the animal kingdom studying moles in England, weasels in Scotland and farther afield to the static life of the sloth, the lifestyles of petrels, bats, grizzly bears, mice, sharks and many more.
Richard Conniff, 1999
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Annual Report
None. 1 .15 V. faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable,. 3.10 1.00 .0014 .0124 I — - . 28 1.1 Jan. 21 None. V. slight .11 V. faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. 3.75 1.40 .0020 .0120 .0106 .0014 .26 1.1 . None. V. slight .10 V. faintly vegetable. Faintly ...
Massachusetts. Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, 1920
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Annual Report
Faintoy vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetaboe. Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegeoable. Faintly vegetaboe. Faintly vegetable. V. faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable ...
Massachusetts. Metropolitan Water and Sewage Board, 1917
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Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts
la. I. a Sz ca a 1893. 1 15172 15441 Sept. 16 Decided, Heavy, brown & earthy. . 36 .20 Distinctly musty. Faintly vegetable. Decidedly musty. 21.00 18.40 2 Oct. 29 brown & clayey. Slight. Cons., earthy. Faintly vegetable and mouldy. 1896.
Massachusetts. State Board of Health, 1898
5
Report of the Watuppa Water Board to the City Council of the ...
r.: 00 I! н 1011 l t. . | z z s l ' ioii sion . l 1907 '_T-_Vn ŕ n 'T ŕ ŕ _ *ŕ January v. v faintly faintly 64520 , 23 24 slight slight .21 veg. unpl't 3.45 1.15 2.30 .0010 .0172 .0142 .0030 .56 ..0020 .0000 .34 1.0 No. Watuppa Lake v faintly faintly March veg .
Watuppa Water Board (Fall River, Mass.), 1904
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Annual Report of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board ...
11 Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. 2.65 1.20 .0020 .0114 .0088 .0026 .26 . 0020 .0000 .23 1.3 52 77293 April 5 V. slight. Cons. 22 V. faintly vegetable. Faintly fishy. 2.90 1.25 .0016 .0186 .0136 .0050 .25 I .0050 .0000 .33 1.1 Q 77746 May ...
Massachusetts. Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, 1910
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Public Documents of Massachusetts
3 None. Slight. .00 Very faintly muaty Distinctly musty. 25.90 2 B 11659 .Inn. 11772 Feb. is 13 Very slight. Slight. Very slight. Slight. .00 .02 Very faint or none. Faintly musty. Distinctly musty 23.60 22.30 and mouldy. Faintly musty. -1 11808 i Mar.
Massachusetts, 1896
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Report ...
Length, male, 1.55 mm.; body oblong-elliptical, light brown; pronotum subcon- vex, anterior area not impressed, with very fine rugosities; body sparsely clothed with erect hairs; front narrow, subopaque; elytra shining, faintly punctured, declivity ...
9
Allen's commercial organic analysis: a treatise on the ...
Faintly alkaline. Faintly alkaline. Faintly acid. I Faintly alkaline. Faintly alkaline. Faintly acid. Prim, potassium urate: . Prim, sodium urate Prim, ammonium urate . Prim, potassium urate. . Prim, sodium urate Prim, ammonium urate. 1:-16 1 :i2-o 1 .
Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann, Samuel Schmucker Sadtler, 1913
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Annual Report of the Metropolitan Water Board ...
0 3.0 3.0 □.0 □.0 o •l«10x CO eo o Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Distinctly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Distinctly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Distinctly vegetable. Faintly vegetable. Distinctly vegetable. Distinctly  ...
Massachusetts. Metropolitan Water Board, 1901

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAINTLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term faintly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Edinburgh festival 2015: the art of the comedy fringe poster
Consider Jimmy McGhie's poster this year, in which he looks faintly apologetic for even having one. Then there's the poster of generic good ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Simón Cazal looks to pope as 'new weapon' for LGBT people in …
It's an apt choice for a reluctant hero, who is still faintly bemused by the media coverage he has received. And once the media circus has died ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Peter York: Help! I'm trying to be a nicer type of person
Last year I wrote a book called Authenticity Is a Con, a short polemic that had a faintly ranty side to it. So I found myself talking about it in a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Small town Oregon pharmacist brings customer back to life after …
By the time Darrah was able to get Bill's pulse moving again, if only faintly, Sharon had already called six of their 11 kids to tell them their dad ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
5
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu: Let's relocate Confederate …
Advocate staff photo by MATTHEW HINTON--Graffiti is still faintly seen on the base of a 1911 statue of Jefferson Davis proclaiming "White ... «The New Orleans Advocate, Jul 15»
6
Story collections by Thomas McGuane, Luis Alberto Urrea and …
By now, Thomas McGuane has polished a rueful, easygoing tone that is perfectly suited to his faintly melancholic tales of lives gone awry in the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
7
'Hacking' Gut Bacteria Could Spur New Medical Treatments
Faintly glowing mouse droppings are now evidence that one of the most common microbes in the human gut can be easily "hacked," or ... «Live Science, Jul 15»
8
2015 Elemental RP1 review
Say what you like about turbo engines in small cars, but what they deliver is faintly astonishing response across the board. The RP1 is one of ... «Autocar, Jul 15»
9
Watch Pope Francis React To Getting A Statue Of Jesus Crucified …
Photographs from the exchange show the pope grimacing as soon as the statue was presented. And one news camera faintly captured him ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
10
First Doctor Who Series 9 Trailer Breakdown
... Clara – why is he so happy to see her? He's clutching a book in his hand which reminds me faintly of Troughton's Five Hundred Year Diary. «Doctor Who UK Webzine, Jul 15»

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