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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"

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 relatedson parientes lejanos
to be remotely situatedestar situado en un lugar apartado
2. (= slightly) [connected, possible] → remotamente
it wasn't even remotely amusingno era ni por asomo divertido
he isn't even remotely interested in operano está ni siquiera remotamente interesado en la ópera
he failed to say anything remotely interestingno consiguió decir nada mínimamente interesante
I've never seen anything remotely like itnunca he visto nada(ni)remotamente parecido
it's not even remotely likelyde eso no hay la más remota posibilidad
he'll eat anything that looks remotely ediblees capaz de comerse cualquier cosa con un mínimo aspecto de comestible
the struggle to maintain anything remotely resembling decent standardsla 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

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

remotely
adv
(= vaguely) to be remotely connected with somebody/somethingentfernt mit jdm/etw zu tun haben; it’s just remotely possiblees ist gerade eben noch möglich; if it’s remotely possiblewenn es auch nur irgend möglich ist; they’re not even remotely similarsie sind sich nicht im Entferntesten ähnlich; he didn’t say anything remotely interestinger sagte nichts, was im Entferntesten interessant war; avoid saying anything remotely likely to upset himsag nichts, dass ihn im Geringsten aufregen könnte; I’ve never seen anything remotely like itich habe noch nie irgendetwas Vergleichbares gesehen; I’m not remotely interested in it/herich bin nicht im Geringsten daran/an ihr interessiert
(= distantly) situated, relatedentfernt
(= by remote control) to remotely control/detonate somethingetw fernsteuern/fernzünden
(= aloofly) saykühl, abweisend

remotely [rɪˈməʊtlɪ] adv
a. (distantly) → lontanamente, alla lontana
remotely situated → in una posizione isolata
b. (slightly) → vagamente

remotely [rɪˈməʊtlɪ] adv
a. (distantly) → lontanamente, alla lontana
remotely situated → in una posizione isolata
b. (slightly) → vagamente

remotely عن بُعْد vzdáleně fjernt enfernt μακρινά remotamente kaukaisesti au loin izdaleka lontanamente 遠く離れて 멀리서 op afstand fjernt daleko remotamente отдаленно avlägset ห่างไกล uzaktan yakından rất xa 偏僻地


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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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