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was faintly
adverb
In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.
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The name was faintly familiar.
That was faintly pointless but mildly diverting.
She was faintly smiling, belatedly nodding.
The colors seemed odd, the scene was faintly unpleasant.
I was faintly ambivalent about that, but then I was faintly ambivalent about the prospect of giving birth anyway.
The new building was a spacious, vaulted place, whose air was faintly, pleasantly pine-scented.
It occurred to me that, like so many post-modern projects, the Oostvaardersplassen was faintly ridiculous.
The sound of chanting was faintly audible in the room as she paused.
He had no spirit to crush and it was faintly disgusting, in poor taste.
His anger – the only constant in his ramblings – was faintly alarming, to me and to her.
Did she even know the special day was coming up? "I was faintly aware of it".
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