vaguely
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3.9
- adverb
- /ˈveɪɡli/
:
vagamente
- She vaguely described her plans for the future, leaving out many details.
- vaguely defined
- only vaguely
- vaguely resemble
I was hoping you would recognize there's something vaguely heroic about those efforts.
- I was hoping you would recognize there's something vaguely heroic about those efforts.
- They kind of vaguely go like this.
- First, the word matter in dark matter doesn't just vaguely mean stuff.
- Levi McDougal and I I just vaguely remember us filming that day.
- I'll give them three stars, mostly because it's vaguely usable.
- Blood in the water hurdle when they dull so backwards it should sound vaguely similar.
- I would also put this in vaguely dark academia, like on the fringe.
- I got AI got a LinkedIn invitation from a guy whose name sounded vaguely familiar to me.
- It goes from like breast fed to bottle fed to being fed by a woman, like kind of vaguely covered in plastic, you know?
Examples
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I vaguely remember his getting up and going out.
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That name does sound vaguely familiar.
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It's just vaguely set in the past.
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So this should vaguely be what it looks like.
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I knew your son vaguely, which is to say I knew his name.
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The action is set in Florence and in a vaguely defined past.
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Before that, I'd often dreamed of going West, always vaguely planning but never cutting out.
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Disoriented and weak, I was only vaguely aware of a hand on my shoulder.
Fiction book (1990) -
The students come to Yale mainly with what might be described vaguely as "liberal beliefs."
Academic text (1990) -
You seem vaguely familiar.
Synonyms
43
3.7
In a way that is not exact or strict
23
6.3
Hard to see, hear, or remember clearly
3
8.1
In a way that hides the true meaning
3
6.7
In a way that can have more than one meaning
2
7.7
In a way that is not clear and hard to understand
1
5.4
In a not exact or clear way that can cause mistakes
1
8.8
In an unclear way that makes meaning hard to understand
1
4.4
Not clear or hard to understand
1
5.4
In a way that is unclear or blurry
1
7.1
In a rough, incomplete way that lacks detail
In a way that is unclear and gives no details
In a way that is not clear and hard to remember
In a vague and unclear way
In a vague way without clear detail
Antonyms
How Vague
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vaguely comes from the Latin root vag- (from vagus), which means 'to wander', and you can see the same root in vagrant, a word for someone who wanders. So when something is vaguely known or seen, the idea 'wanders' instead of being clear or exact, which is why it means 'not clear or detailed'.