faintly — OET

faintly

adverb

1 Maria called his name faintly:

indistinctly, softly, gently, weakly, feebly;

in a whisper, in a murmur, in a low voice, in subdued tones.

▷antonyms brightly; loudly.

2 the newcomer looked faintly bewildered:

slightly, vaguely, somewhat, quite, fairly, rather, a little, a bit, a little bit, a touch, a shade;

to some extent, to a certain extent, to some degree;

informal sort of, kind of, kinda, ish.

▷antonyms extremely.

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