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vagueness noun 1. impreciseness, ambiguity, obscurity, looseness, inexactitude, woolliness, undecidedness, lack of preciseness the vagueness of the language used in the text impreciseness precision, clarity, exactness, definition, obviousness, clearness, preciseness 2. absent-mindedness, abstraction, forgetfulness, confusion, inattention, disorganization, giddiness, dreaminess, befuddlement, empty-headedness her deliberately affected vagueness Translations vagueness [ˈveɪgnɪs] N 1. (= imprecision) → vaguedad f, imprecisión f 2. (= absent-mindedness) → distracción f vagueness n → Unbestimmtheit f, → Vagheit f; (of outline, shape) → Verschwommenheit f; (of report, question) → Vagheit f, → Ungenauigkeit f; the vagueness of the resemblance → die entfernte Ähnlichkeit; his vagueness on Dutch politics → seine lückenhafte or wenig fundierte Kenntnis der holländischen Politik (= absent-mindedness) → Geistesabwesenheit f, → Zerstreutheit f; the vagueness of her look → ihr abwesender or (puzzled) → verwirrter Blick vagueness [ˈveɪgnɪs] n (of outline) → indeterminatezza; (of meaning) → vaghezza; (of person) → distrazione f vagueness [ˈveɪgnɪs] n (of outline) → indeterminatezza; (of meaning) → vaghezza; (of person) → distrazione f 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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| I have been conscious all the way along through this pilgrimage of its inevitable vagueness of direction, of my need of something definite, some place, some name, anything at all, however slight, which I might associate, if only for a time, with the object of my quest, a definite something to seek, a definite goal for my feet. But there was an unpractical vagueness in their movements throughout the day; neither one of them seemed to consider any question of effectual escape, disguise, or long concealment. In front, the smooth sea--a vast mosaic of many colors; the lofty islands swimming in a dreamy haze in the distance; at our end of the city the stately double peak of Vesuvius, and its strong black ribs and seams of lava stretching down to the limitless level campagna--a green carpet that enchants the eye and leads it on and on, past clusters of trees, and isolated houses, and snowy villages, until it shreds out in a fringe of mist and general vagueness far away. |
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