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Gently vs Faintly - What's the difference?

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Gently is a related term of faintly.


As adverbs the difference between gently and faintly

is that gently is in a gentle manner while faintly is in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.

gently

English

Adverb

(en-adv)
  • in a gentle manner

    • Antonyms

    * roughly

    faintly

    English

    Adverb

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