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faintingly

faintingly adverb: while fainting; so as to faint.

Adverb

faintingly (comparative more faintingly, superlative most faintingly)

  1. While fainting; so as to faint.
    • Newly rescued from the desert, she faintingly asked for water.

Forms of faintingly

comparativemore faintingly
superlativemost faintingly

Origin of faintingly

From fainting + -ly.

Questions about faintingly

What does faintingly mean?
Faintingly means while fainting; so as to faint.
What part of speech is faintingly?
Faintingly is an adverb.

Words near faintingly in the dictionary

  1. faintified
  2. fainting
  3. fainting goat
  4. fainting goat syndrome
  5. fainting goats
  6. faintingly
  7. faintingness
  8. faintings
  9. faintish
  10. faintishness
  11. faintless

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