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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 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/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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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