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remotely

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re·mote  (r-mt)
adj. re·mot·er, re·mot·est
1.
a. Located far away; distant in space.
b. Hidden away; secluded: a remote hamlet.
2. Distant in time: the remote past.
3. Faint; slight: a remote possibility; had not the remotest interest.
4. Far removed in connection or relevance: a cause remote from everyday concerns.
5. Distantly related by blood or marriage: a remote cousin.
6. Distant in manner; aloof.
7. Operating or controlled from a distance: remote sensors.
8. Computer Science Located at a distance from another computer that is accessible by cables or other communications links: a remote terminal.
n.
1. A radio or television broadcast originating from a point outside a studio.
2. A remote control device.

[Middle English, from Old French remot, from Latin remtus, past participle of removre, to remove; see remove.]

re·motely adv.
re·moteness n.
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Adv.1.remotely - in a remote manner; "when the measured speech of the chorus passes over into song the tones are, remotely but unmistakably, those taught by the orthodox liturgy"
2.remotely - to a remote degree; "it is remotely possible"
Translations

remotely [rɪˈməutlɪ] advremotamente (= slightly); levemente
remotely [rɪˈməutlɪ] remote advau loin (= slightly); très vaguement
remotely [rɪˈməutlɪ] remote adv (slightly) → entfernt
remotely [rɪˈməutlɪ] advremotamente (= slightly); vagamente

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If he struggled up from barbarism, and still more remotely from the lower Primates, his ideal should be to surpass man himself and reach Superman (see especially the Prologue).
Hesiod has nothing that remotely approaches such scenes as that between Priam and Achilles, or the pathos of Andromache's preparations for Hector's return, even as he was falling before the walls of Troy; but in matters that come within the range or ordinary experience, he rarely fails to rise to the appropriate level.
The dairy called Talbothays, for which she was bound, stood not remotely from some of the former estates of the d'Urbervilles, near the great family vaults of her granddames and their powerful husbands.
 
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