remotely

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.

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

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re·motely adv.

re·moteness n.

Thesaurus

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"

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remotely

adverb a bit, at all, in any way, in the slightest We had never seen anything remotely like it.

Translations

remotely [rɪˈməʊtlɪ] ADV

1. (= distantly) → en un lugar apartado
they are remotely related → son parientes lejanos
to be remotely situated → estar situado en un lugar apartado

2. (= slightly) [connected, possible] → remotamente
it wasn't even remotely amusing → no era ni por asomo divertido
he isn't even remotely interested in opera → no está ni siquiera remotamente interesado en la ópera
he failed to say anything remotely interesting → no consiguió decir nada mínimamente interesante
I've never seen anything remotely like it → nunca he visto nada(ni)remotamente parecido
it's not even remotely likely → de eso no hay la más remota posibilidad
he'll eat anything that looks remotely edible → es capaz de comerse cualquier cosa con un mínimo aspecto de comestible
the struggle to maintain anything remotely resembling decent standards → la lucha por mantener algo que se pareciera aunque fuera de lejos a unos niveles decentes

3. (= in a detached manner) [say, behave] → de forma distante

4. (= by remote control) [control] → a distancia; [detonate] → por control remoto

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remotely [rɪˈməʊtli] adv

[situated] → au loin

(= slightly) remotely interested
I'm not remotely interested → Je ne suis pas le moins du monde intéressé.
remotely possible
Do you think it would be remotely possible? → Pensez-vous qu'il y ait la moindre possibilité que cela arrive?

[detonate, control] → à distance

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remotely

adv

(= vaguely) to be remotely connected with somebody/something → entfernt mit jdm/etw zu tun haben; it’s just remotely possible → es ist gerade eben noch möglich; if it’s remotely possible → wenn es auch nur irgend möglich ist; they’re not even remotely similar → sie sind sich nicht im Entferntesten ähnlich; he didn’t say anything remotely interesting → er sagte nichts, was im Entferntesten interessant war; avoid saying anything remotely likely to upset him → sag nichts, dass ihn im Geringsten aufregen könnte; I’ve never seen anything remotely like it → ich habe noch nie irgendetwas Vergleichbares gesehen; I’m not remotely interested in it/her → ich bin nicht im Geringsten daran/an ihr interessiert

(= distantly) situated, related → entfernt

(= by remote control) to remotely control/detonate something → etw fernsteuern/fernzünden

(= aloofly) say → kühl, abweisend

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remotely [rɪˈməʊtlɪ] adv

a. (distantly) → lontanamente, alla lontana
remotely situated → in una posizione isolata

b. (slightly) → vagamente

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