vaguely
pronunciation
How to pronounce vaguely in British English:
UK [ˈveɪgli]
How to pronounce vaguely in American English:
US [ˈveɪɡli]
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- Adverb:
- in a vague way
Word Origin
- vaguely (adv.)
- 1748, from vague + -ly (2).
Example
- 1. Answer questions specifically rather than vaguely .
- 2. Every day he inspected the world and vaguely speculated about what had been altered .
- 3. Chinese officials also talked vaguely of working together , but showed little evidence of solidarity .
- 4. With-profits policies are vaguely defined contracts that are probably viable only in the traditional insurance world of benign cartels .
- 5. Toward the end , mortensen seemed to become vaguely embarrassed by his own meandering .