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Definition of vaguely in English: vaguelyadverb ˈveɪɡliˈveɪɡli 1In a way that is uncertain, indefinite or unclear; roughly. he vaguely remembered talking to her once Example sentencesExamples - It allows the state attorney-general and local prosecutors wide powers to prosecute vaguely defined charges of fraud against those working to sign up voters.
- Elizabeth vaguely recognized some of the faces from the funeral, but not all of them.
- For us young'uns Kate Bush is remembered, vaguely, as a kind of precursor to Tori Amos, a similarly cryptic and leftfield songstress.
- And as I headed down to the baggage claim, one initial impression of LA cemented itself in my mind: this city smells vaguely like onion dip.
- I can vaguely remember the comatosing effect of the free Russian vodka.
- Not knowing how our relationship would be interpreted, we had vaguely discussed before leaving Tassie that we should just say we were close friends.
- Whilst I vaguely remember hearing the news story, the way my family reacted is by far the more memorable bit.
- The trouble is most of these rules are vaguely worded.
- The film also vaguely resembles some of Werner Herzog's "documentaries," in the way it blends dramatic fiction with actual truth.
- The regulations make what is vaguely described as "profiting others" a crime.
- He spoke rather vaguely of contacts with directors of rugby to try to obtain time out for the knackered, now and again.
- Contractors are working round the ring mains, which vaguely follows the Bradford Ring Road, in an anti-clockwise direction.
- I vaguely remember them moving me to another place and a new group of four to five people. "
- Members in the clubs of the early 1830s had talked vaguely of votes for all.
- The police statistics vaguely labeled 45 percent of juvenile offenses as "immorality," " incorrigibility, " and running away.
- The vaguely worded bills seek to criminalize safe and common abortion procedures throughout pregnancy.
- Riley vaguely talked of studies to find waste to cut.
- I vaguely remember skimming through it at the time and not being at all interested - it was over.
- Less vaguely it also wanted to help develop genuinely European companies and measures to improve Europes position in high technology sectors.
- A few grooves in a tree trunk, looking vaguely like a face, elevated into being the sacred image of our saviour.
- These very vaguely worded provisions do not specify the scope or conditions of exercise of the discretionary power which was at the origin of the measures complained of.
Synonyms roughly, more or less, approximately, nearly, just about, practically, virtually, as near as dammit, for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes South African plus-minus informal pretty much - 1.1 In a way that is unfocused or lacks attention; absent-mindedly.
Example sentencesExamples - 'I think it's because they don't force feed them,' he says, vaguely. 'Basically, they raise the cows slower, more carefully'.
- Rick methodically entered the data, prepared explanations, and vaguely looked at the virus pattern to see if he could see anything, which was never his specialty.
- "They're better than ever today," he summed up vaguely, and presumably are better still now - whoever they are.
- Darcy was still immobile, continuing to look around vaguely.
- She vaguely mentioned something about pursuing another line of work and thanked them for all their kindnesses.
- She vaguely points downwards, as if alerting the darkening world to imminent nightfall.
- Janelle takes no notice of Harold except to vaguely tell him to "look under things," for their clothes, and then goes back to eating her dinner.
Synonyms absent-mindedly, abstractedly, inattentively, with one's head in the clouds, vacantly, vacuously, giddily, forgetfully informal scattily, dizzily, dippily
2as submodifier Slightly. he looked vaguely familiar Example sentencesExamples - Their vaguely glam image and strong female vocalists sets them apart, and make for a fun experience that's hard to dislike.
- That is the trouble with financial history - it may be vaguely comforting, but it is of no practical use whatsoever.
- Making distinctions based on birth certificates, that's what is vaguely xenophobic.
- Angola, which is about twice the size of Texas, may be a nation with a vaguely familiar ring to many Americans.
- At first the officers in charge of the troops garrisoned in the city were vaguely apprehensive of trouble in the ranks.
- There is something vaguely fascist in that utter blankness and justification by heroism.
- I just wanted to watch something vaguely entertaining to prevent me from being bored.
- In its original German version, the words sound great: spiky, crunchy, memorable, even vaguely credible.
- Most of all, though, it bothers me that there is so little that is celebratory - or even vaguely pleasurable - about her regimes.
- There's something vaguely smug about a filmmaker crafting a wholly unrealistic portrait of America and then criticizing us for being as violent as the people in his movie.
- It sounded vaguely familiar, so I took it off the shelf.
- Garbanzo beans, Marcona almonds and golden raisins, along with cumin in the sausage, turned the dish vaguely Moroccan.
- He wagged his index finger, beckoning in a vaguely menacing way.
- The voice at the other end - a man - was vaguely familiar.
- They wanted us to take out every single word that was even vaguely religious or spiritual.
- Each week teams would have to carry out vaguely ludicrous tasks under the tuition of Glenn Reynolds.
- They both have a vaguely similar purplish look to their front pages.
- I'm lightheaded and feel vaguely nauseous.
- It's always vaguely reassuring to find someone with worse hair than me.
- And it all sounded vaguely true.
Synonyms slightly, a little, a bit, somewhat, rather, moderately, to some degree, to a certain extent, in a way, to a slight extent, faintly, obscurely, dimly marginally, a shade informal sort of, kind of, kinda, ish
Definition of vaguely in US English: vaguelyadverbˈvāɡlēˈveɪɡli 1In a way that is uncertain, indefinite or unclear; roughly. he vaguely remembered talking to her once Example sentencesExamples - The regulations make what is vaguely described as "profiting others" a crime.
- Elizabeth vaguely recognized some of the faces from the funeral, but not all of them.
- And as I headed down to the baggage claim, one initial impression of LA cemented itself in my mind: this city smells vaguely like onion dip.
- I can vaguely remember the comatosing effect of the free Russian vodka.
- I vaguely remember them moving me to another place and a new group of four to five people. "
- Members in the clubs of the early 1830s had talked vaguely of votes for all.
- Whilst I vaguely remember hearing the news story, the way my family reacted is by far the more memorable bit.
- Less vaguely it also wanted to help develop genuinely European companies and measures to improve Europes position in high technology sectors.
- Not knowing how our relationship would be interpreted, we had vaguely discussed before leaving Tassie that we should just say we were close friends.
- It allows the state attorney-general and local prosecutors wide powers to prosecute vaguely defined charges of fraud against those working to sign up voters.
- Riley vaguely talked of studies to find waste to cut.
- These very vaguely worded provisions do not specify the scope or conditions of exercise of the discretionary power which was at the origin of the measures complained of.
- The vaguely worded bills seek to criminalize safe and common abortion procedures throughout pregnancy.
- The police statistics vaguely labeled 45 percent of juvenile offenses as "immorality," " incorrigibility, " and running away.
- The film also vaguely resembles some of Werner Herzog's "documentaries," in the way it blends dramatic fiction with actual truth.
- I vaguely remember skimming through it at the time and not being at all interested - it was over.
- A few grooves in a tree trunk, looking vaguely like a face, elevated into being the sacred image of our saviour.
- For us young'uns Kate Bush is remembered, vaguely, as a kind of precursor to Tori Amos, a similarly cryptic and leftfield songstress.
- Contractors are working round the ring mains, which vaguely follows the Bradford Ring Road, in an anti-clockwise direction.
- The trouble is most of these rules are vaguely worded.
- He spoke rather vaguely of contacts with directors of rugby to try to obtain time out for the knackered, now and again.
Synonyms roughly, more or less, approximately, nearly, just about, practically, virtually, as near as dammit, for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes - 1.1 In a way that is unfocused or lacks attention; absentmindedly.
Example sentencesExamples - 'I think it's because they don't force feed them,' he says, vaguely. 'Basically, they raise the cows slower, more carefully'.
- Rick methodically entered the data, prepared explanations, and vaguely looked at the virus pattern to see if he could see anything, which was never his specialty.
- Darcy was still immobile, continuing to look around vaguely.
- "They're better than ever today," he summed up vaguely, and presumably are better still now - whoever they are.
- Janelle takes no notice of Harold except to vaguely tell him to "look under things," for their clothes, and then goes back to eating her dinner.
- She vaguely points downwards, as if alerting the darkening world to imminent nightfall.
- She vaguely mentioned something about pursuing another line of work and thanked them for all their kindnesses.
Synonyms absent-mindedly, abstractedly, inattentively, with one's head in the clouds, vacantly, vacuously, giddily, forgetfully
2as submodifier Slightly. he looked vaguely familiar Example sentencesExamples - Making distinctions based on birth certificates, that's what is vaguely xenophobic.
- Their vaguely glam image and strong female vocalists sets them apart, and make for a fun experience that's hard to dislike.
- He wagged his index finger, beckoning in a vaguely menacing way.
- That is the trouble with financial history - it may be vaguely comforting, but it is of no practical use whatsoever.
- There is something vaguely fascist in that utter blankness and justification by heroism.
- I just wanted to watch something vaguely entertaining to prevent me from being bored.
- At first the officers in charge of the troops garrisoned in the city were vaguely apprehensive of trouble in the ranks.
- They both have a vaguely similar purplish look to their front pages.
- And it all sounded vaguely true.
- The voice at the other end - a man - was vaguely familiar.
- It's always vaguely reassuring to find someone with worse hair than me.
- Angola, which is about twice the size of Texas, may be a nation with a vaguely familiar ring to many Americans.
- In its original German version, the words sound great: spiky, crunchy, memorable, even vaguely credible.
- Garbanzo beans, Marcona almonds and golden raisins, along with cumin in the sausage, turned the dish vaguely Moroccan.
- I'm lightheaded and feel vaguely nauseous.
- They wanted us to take out every single word that was even vaguely religious or spiritual.
- There's something vaguely smug about a filmmaker crafting a wholly unrealistic portrait of America and then criticizing us for being as violent as the people in his movie.
- It sounded vaguely familiar, so I took it off the shelf.
- Each week teams would have to carry out vaguely ludicrous tasks under the tuition of Glenn Reynolds.
- Most of all, though, it bothers me that there is so little that is celebratory - or even vaguely pleasurable - about her regimes.
Synonyms slightly, a little, a bit, somewhat, rather, moderately, to some degree, to a certain extent, in a way, to a slight extent, faintly, obscurely, dimly
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