vaguely
Syllables: vague·ly/ˈveɪɡli/
vaguely adverb: in a vague manner.
Adverb
vaguely (comparative more vaguely, superlative most vaguely)
- In a vague manner.
- He looked vaguely around the room, as if lost.
- The youth pointed vaguely. "Over there," he replied.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
- 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.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
vaguely meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
vaguely in Hindi
- अस्पष्ट रूप से
vaguely in Tamil
- vaguely, unintentionally, at random
- சும்மா cummā
vaguely in Marathi
- अस्पष्टपणे
vaguely in Urdu
- مبہم طور پر
More languagesFewer languages
- vaguely in Bengali
- অস্পষ্টভাবে
- vaguely in Malayalam
- അവ്യക്തമായി, തുമ്പില്ലാതെ, നിർലക്ഷ്യം
- vaguely in Kannada
- ಅಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ
- vaguely in Gujarati
- અસ્પષ્ટપણે
Examples of vaguely in a sentence
- The band were banging out a vaguely recognisable version of the Star Spangled Banner.
- The Bible vaguely describes the mark of Cain; it does not specify its exact nature.
- I had a semilucid dream in which I was vaguely aware that I was dreaming.
Forms of vaguely
| comparative | more vaguely |
|---|---|
| superlative | most vaguely |
Origin of vaguely
From vague + -ly.
Questions about vaguely
- What does vaguely mean?
- Vaguely means in a vague manner.
- What is vaguely in Hindi?
- Vaguely in Hindi is अस्पष्ट रूप से. See Vaguely meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vaguely?
- Vaguely is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce vaguely?
- Vaguely is pronounced /ˈveɪɡli/.
Words near vaguely in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vaguely (page history and authors); vaguely (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); சும்மா (Tamil) (page history and authors); vaguely (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vaguely (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vaguely (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vaguely (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vaguely (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vaguely (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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