vaguely

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈveɪɡli/

Definition of vaguely

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a vague manner.
    “He looked vaguely around the room, as if lost.”
    “The youth pointed vaguely. "Over there," he replied.”
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adv

  1. In a vague manner.
    “He looked vaguely around the room, as if lost.”
    “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.”

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Etymology

From vague + -ly.

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