Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FAINT'LY, adv.

1. In a feeble, languid manner; without vigor or activity; as, to attack or defend faintly.
2. With a feeble flame; as, a torch burns faintly.
3. With a feeble light; as, the candle burns faintly.
4. With little force; as, to breathe faintly.
5. Without force of representation; imperfectly; as, to describe faintly what we have seen.
6. In a low tone; with a feeble voice; as, to speak faintly.
7. Without spirit or courage; timorously. He faintly now declines the fatal strife. Denham.