Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
to a faint degree or weakly perceived;
- Example: "between him and the dim light a form was outlined faintly"- Example: "stars shining faintly through the overcast"- Example: "could hear his distant shouts only faintly"- Example: "the rumors weren't even faintly true"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Faintly \Faint"ly\, adv.
In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
faintly
adv 1: to a faint degree or weakly perceived; "between him and
the dim light a form was outlined faintly"; "stars
shining faintly through the overcast"; "could hear his
distant shouts only faintly"; "the rumors weren't even
faintly true"