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Dimly vs Faintly - What's the difference?

dimly | faintly |

As adverbs the difference between dimly and faintly

is that dimly is in a dim manner while faintly is in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.

dimly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • in a dim manner.

    • faintly

    English

    Adverb

    (head)
  • In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.
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  • *: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.