Faintly
Rather
Rather adverb - By choice or preference.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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He also speaks with a faintly Liverpudlian accent rather than the typical villainous RP.
Source: Evil Brit - While it is in no way definitive or exhaustive, it is rather extensive and ever-so-faintly snarky in places.
- There is a connection between the crime scenes, but the scent is left by the criminal who makes a living cleaning up crime scenes using a strong chemical that smells faintly of nutmeg, rather than by the perpetrators of the original crime.
Source: Signature Scent
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