vaguely

vague  (vg)

adj. vagu·er, vagu·est

1. Not clearly expressed; inexplicit.

2. Not thinking or expressing oneself clearly.

3. Lacking definite shape, form, or character; indistinct: saw a vague outline of a building through the fog.

4. Not clear in meaning or application. See Synonyms at ambiguous.

5. Indistinctly felt, perceived, understood, or recalled; hazy: a vague uneasiness.

---

[French, from Old French, wandering, from Latin vagus.]

---

vaguely adv.

vagueness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

vaguely - in a vague way; "he looked vaguely familiar"; "he explained it somewhat mistily" mistily

---

vaguely

adverb

1. slightly, rather, sort of (informal), kind of (informal), a little, a bit, somewhat, moderately, faintly, dimly, to some extent, kinda (informal) The voice was vaguely familiar.

2. absent-mindedly, evasively, abstractedly, obscurely, vacantly, inattentively `What did you talk about?' `Oh, this and that,' she replied vaguely.

3. roughly, loosely, indefinitely, carelessly, in a general way, imprecisely `She's back there,' he said, waving vaguely behind him.

Translations

vaguely [ˈveɪglɪ] ADV

1. (= imprecisely) [define, remember] → vagamente; [embarrassed, guilty] → ligeramente, levemente
a vaguely worded agreement → un acuerdo expresado de forma imprecisa or en términos poco claros
he talks very vaguely → habla en términos muy vagos
she was vaguely aware of someone else in the room → tenía la ligera or vaga impresión de que había alguien más en la habitación
he gestured vaguely towards the hills → señaló con gesto impreciso hacia las colinas
his face looked vaguely familiar → su rostro me resultaba ligeramente familiar
her style is vaguely reminiscent of Jane Austen → su estilo recuerda vagamente a or tiene un cierto parecido con Jane Austen

2. (= absent-mindedly) → distraídamente
she looked at me vaguely → me miró distraída
I thought vaguely of ringing him up → se me pasó por la cabeza la idea de llamarle

vaguely [ˈveɪgli] adv

(= unclearly) [say, describe, remember] → vaguement
a vaguely worded statement → une vague déclaration

(= slightly) [familiar] → vaguement

(= absently) [look] → vaguement

vaguely

adv → vage; remember also → dunkel; speak also → unbestimmt; understand → ungefähr, in etwa; (= uncertainly) look → flüchtig; nod, wave → zögernd; (= slightly) interested → flüchtig; embarrassed, disappointed, surprised → leicht; to look vaguely at somebody → jdn verständnislos ansehen; to be vaguely aware of something → ein dunkles or vages Bewusstsein von etw haben; to be vaguely aware that … → sich dunkel or vage bewusst sein, dass …; they’re vaguely similar → sie haben eine entfernte Ähnlichkeit; it sounded vaguely familiar → es kam einem irgendwie bekannt vor; to be vaguely reminiscent of something → vage an etw erinnern; it’s only vaguely like yours → es ist nur ungefähr wie deines; it’s vaguely blue → es ist bläulich; there’s something vaguely sinister about it → es hat so etwas Düsteres an sich; a vaguely worded agreement → eine vage formulierte Übereinkunft

vaguely [ˈveɪglɪ] adv → vagamente