faintly

a faintly southern accent.

they were courteous but faintly aloof.

she could faintly discern the shape of a skull.

She looked faintly amused.

a faintly mocking smile

she was gobbling to herself faintly in her distress.

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

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

A beginning beard faintly shadowed his chin and lean cheeks.

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

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

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

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.

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.

The leaves overhead rustled faintly in the breeze.

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

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

The hum and rattle of machinery faintly stirred the air.

The doctor faintly shrugged his shoulders.

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

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

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

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

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