faintly

[EE. UU.]/'feintli/
Frecuencia: Muy alto

Traducción

adv. de una manera apenas perceptible; indistintamente; débilmente.

Oraciones de ejemplo

a faintly southern accent.

un acento ligeramente sureño

they were courteous but faintly aloof.

fueron corteses pero ligeramente distantes.

she could faintly discern the shape of a skull.

ella podía distinguir débilmente la forma de un cráneo.

She looked faintly amused.

Ella parecía ligeramente divertida.

a faintly mocking smile

una sonrisa ligeramente burlona

she was gobbling to herself faintly in her distress.

ella estaba comiendo vorazmente para sí misma ligeramente angustiada.

He is a faintly comical figure who fears being made fun of.

Es una figura cómicamente tenue que teme que se burlen de él.

A faintly comic figure, he fears ridicule above all else.

Una figura ligeramente cómica, teme la burla por encima de todo.

A beginning beard faintly shadowed his chin and lean cheeks.

Una incipiente barba apenas ensombrecía su barbilla y sus mejillas delgadas.

even in her faintly tacky costumes, she won our hearts.

incluso en sus trajes ligeramente vulgares, se ganó nuestros corazones.

Howells was, despite his faintly old-maidish quality, the most professional of writers, and the most generously sympathetic of critics.

Howells era, a pesar de su cualidad ligeramente de solterona, el escritor más profesional y el crítico más generosamente comprensivo.

Cradled in the sunlit lunar crescent, the night side of the Moon is faintly illuminated by earthshine -- sunlight reflected from planet Earth.

Mezclada en el resplandeciente creciente lunar, el lado nocturno de la Luna está tenuemente iluminado por brillo terrestre: la luz solar reflejada del planeta Tierra.

A beauty, in silence but touch your heart faintly, vogue and elegance between limpidness of glass and brightness of metal, finally become an indispensable part of unvarying beauty.

Una belleza, en silencio pero que toca tu corazón sutilmente, elegancia y modernidad entre la claridad del vidrio y el brillo del metal, finalmente se convierte en una parte indispensable de una belleza inmutable.

The only motor within hearing distance was a quaint old Rototiller owned by a local farmer.When the wind was right, its irregular burping noise would come to their ears faintly, like an uneasy spirit.

El único motor que se escuchaba a poca distancia era un viejo y peculiar Rototiller propiedad de un agricultor local. Cuando el viento era favorable, su ruido irregular de eructos llegaba a sus oídos débilmente, como el espíritu inquieto de un fantasma.

Ejemplos del mundo real

The leaves overhead rustled faintly in the breeze.

Fuente: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

" Must I come in, too, Aunt? " asked Thomasin faintly.

Fuente: Returning Home

" A letter" ? repeated Professor McGonagall faintly, sitting back down on the wall.

Fuente: Idol speaks English fluently.

The hum and rattle of machinery faintly stirred the air.

Fuente: Brave New World

The doctor faintly shrugged his shoulders.

Fuente: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

'I don't know you, ' said Rose faintly.

Fuente: Oliver Twist (abridged version)

“I cannot touch, ” said Dumbledore, smiling faintly.

Fuente: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

" In here, " her voice came back, echoing faintly.

Fuente: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

The prince smiled faintly. " Is the sun hot" ?

Fuente: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

She's - she's sent me a Howler, said Ron faintly.

Fuente: 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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