Faintly
Faintly adverb - To a faint degree or weakly perceived.
Just barely and faintly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Just barely" instead an adverb "Faintly".
Nearby Word: faint
Just barely
Faintly and just barely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Faintly" instead an adverb phrase "Just barely".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- just and faintly
- just and just barely
- little and faintly
- little and just barely
- barely and faintly
- barely and just barely
- hardly and faintly
- hardly and just barely
- seldom and faintly
- seldom and just barely
- rarely and faintly
- rarely and just barely
- infrequently and faintly
- infrequently and just barely
Both terms in one sentence
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The colonies were all just barely self-sufficient enough to survive being cut off from Earth, and banded together to place defenses around the planet to keep away all the strangeness they can faintly see going on down there.
Source: But What About the Astronauts?
Cite this Source
Just barely and Faintly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/faintly/just_barely
Faintly & Just barely. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/faintly/just_barely>.
Just barely or Faintly. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/faintly/just_barely.
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