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faintlier

faintlier is the comparative form of faintly.

Meaning of faintly

Adverb

faintly (comparative faintlier, superlative faintliest)

  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.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

Questions about faintlier

What is faintlier the comparative form of?
Faintlier is the comparative form of faintly.

Words near faintlier in the dictionary

  1. faintingness
  2. faintings
  3. faintish
  4. faintishness
  5. faintless
  6. faintlier
  7. faintliest
  8. faintling
  9. faintlings
  10. faintly
  11. faintness

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