vaguely

[ UK /vˈe‍ɪɡli/ ]
[ US /ˈveɪɡɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a vague way
    he looked vaguely familiar
    he explained it somewhat mistily
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How To Use vaguely In A Sentence

  • Instead, it has vaguely proposed some form of co-operation or alliance with Pirelli.
  • Nevertheless, I was determined to be at least vaguely scientific about this review, so I pulled out the omnidirectional microphone I had borrowed from the media unit at work and started making recordings.
  • They wanted us to take out every single word that was even vaguely religious or spiritual.
  • You may talk vaguely about driving a coach – and – six up a good old flight of stairs, or through a bad young Act of Parliament; but I mean to say you might have got a hearse up that staircase, and taken it broadwise, with the splinter – bar towards the wall and the door towards the balustrades: and done it easy. A Christmas Carol
  • The vaguely realistic answer suggested in this popcorn film provides an entertaining alternative to standard superhero movies. Times, Sunday Times
  • Did you know that sacking-like scratchy large-weave fabric with vaguely hairy fibres, the stuff they put on display screens and trendy flower arrangements, is called Hessian?
  • So Foster's got this vaguely martyr-like songbird persona she's working, and sometimes the devious witch bit sticks out too, as on ‘Crackerjack Fool’.
  • The Hand-e-holder is a simple device that consists of two parts: an adhesive disk applied to the back of your iPad, and a strap that looks vaguely like a biking glove and fits snuggly around your hand. Daily Dispatch: Microsoft patents innovative touch keyboard; Leatherbound lets you compare eBook prices
  • Making vaguely related assertions in response to an argument is not a counter-argument.
  • Maybe crushes are best left as vaguely disquieting feelings that tell us more about who we are than what we think about others. Times, Sunday Times
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