faintly

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.
    — 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.

词形变化

faintlier comparative faintliest superlative

词源

From Middle English feintli, feintliche, equivalent to faint + -ly.
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