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Vaguely

//ˈveɪɡli// adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a vague manner.

    "He looked vaguely around the room, as if lost."

  2. 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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a vague way wordnet

Etymology

From vague + -ly.

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