vaguely

English

Etymology

From vague +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveɪɡli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: vague‧ly

Adverb

vaguely (comparative more vaguely, superlative most vaguely)

1. In a vague manner.

   He looked vaguely around the room, as if lost.

   • 1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter X, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 105:

     The youth pointed vaguely. "Over there," he replied.

2. Loosely; more or less; somewhat.
   • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

     Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.

Translations

in a vague manner

• Catalan: vagament (ca)
• Dutch: vaag (nl)
• Esperanto: svage
• French: vaguement (fr)
• Italian: vagamente (it)
• Portuguese: vagamente
• Spanish: vagamente
• Turkish: belli belirsiz (tr), belirsiz bir şekilde