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vaguely, adv.|ˈveɪglɪ|
[f. vague a. + -ly2.]
1. In a vague, indefinite, or indeterminate manner; with vagueness or lack of precision; in vague terms.
1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxx. (1787) III. 185 The services of Stilicho are great and manifest, his crimes, as they are vaguely stated in the language of flattery and hatred, are obscure. 1791Boswell Johnson (1831) I. 330 Concerning the publication of which Sir John Hawkins guesses vaguely and idly. 1824W. Irving T. Trav. I. 30 When my uncle was dressing, he called vaguely to mind the visitor of the preceding night. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xix. IV. 303 A motion was made so vaguely worded that it could hardly be said to mean any thing. a1881A. Barratt Phys. Metempiric (1883) 104 To some such conception we are vaguely led.
b. Dimly, obscurely.
1871Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. xxi. 494, I vaguely discerned the audience and apparatus. 1873Black Pr. Thule xix. 316 The houses grew vaguely distinct.
2. Without attention or concentration of mind or thought; idly, vacantly.
1828Scott F.M. Perth xxxiv, He stood..listening vaguely to what the magistrate was saying to him. 1878T. Hardy Ret. Native v. v, ‘No,’ said Eustacia, looking vaguely through the window at the fire. |