faintheartedly

One of the things I faintheartedly consoled myself with was the thought that when-when, I always said firmly-I got out I'd be closer to the consumers than any ad man in the profession.

The Space Merchants Pohl, Frederik 1952

Second pause -- the bell boring on, but more faintheartedly, as if doubting whether it ever would reach that nerve.

The Day of Days An Extravaganza Louis Joseph Vance 1906

"After that," he said, faintheartedly, for there was a sparkle in

Mary Gray Katharine Tynan 1896

And off he started very faintheartedly, and no wonder.

Allan Quatermain Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Do we not often think that our resources are absurdly insufficient, and so, faintheartedly make them still less?

Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark Alexander Maclaren 1868

All this time, however, we are loitering faintheartedly on the threshold of our story.

The House of the Seven Gables 1851

All this time, however, we are loitering faintheartedly on the threshold of our story.

The House of the Seven Gables 1851

All this time, however, we are loitering faintheartedly on the threshold of our story.

House of the Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

Nazi girls 'club, which she breaks off abruptly: "Was fragt ihr dumm, was fragt ihr klein, warum wir wohl marschieren" (why do you ask so stupidly, so faintheartedly, why we are marching).

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