Faintly

Faint′ly

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adv.

In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.

, adv.

1.

In a feeble, languid manner; without vigor or activity; as, to attack or defend faintly.

2.

With a feeble flame; as, a torch burns faintly.

3.

With a feeble light; as, the candle burns faintly.

4.

With little force; as, to breathe faintly.

5.

Without force of representation; imperfectly; as, to describe faintly what we have seen.

6.

In a low tone; with a feeble voice; as, to speak faintly.

7.

Without spirit or courage; timorously.

He faintly now declines the fatal strife.

faintly

In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.
- 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 29686887 , chapter IV:
  So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly