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单词 vaguely
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vaguely

Certainly her husband, pushing their trolley, seemed vaguely familiar.Something about this catalogue seems vaguely familiar.The general sporting public are only vaguely aware of him.Look at photographs of them and they may appear vaguely familiar.He began talking to a nice woman who seemed vaguely familiar.An ancient war movie featuring vaguely familiar faces?Employees do not usually interact with them much and tend to be only vaguely aware of their existence.It took a world with which most of us are vaguely familiar and made it a little moreso.The rhythm section looks vaguely familiar.I was vaguely aware of others taking cover.I am vaguely aware that something is not as it should be.Now for something vaguely familiar.I recently shrugged on my dressing gown in the bathroom and became vaguely aware of a spindly alien crawl on my shoulder.Britain may be vaguely aware that the President's approval ratings are in the sewer.He was also vaguely aware that if she had been a more brilliant woman she would have been a more exacting one, and less easily impressed.For most, it seems to be a springboard to a vaguely successful first album, which is followed by a sales nosedive.

In other languages
vaguely

British English: vaguely ADVERB
Vaguely means to some degree but not to a very large degree.
The voice on the line was vaguely familiar, but he couldn't place it at first.
  • American English: vaguely
  • Brazilian Portuguese: vagamente
  • Chinese: 有点儿
  • European Spanish: vagamente
  • French: vaguement
  • German: vage
  • Italian: vagamente
  • Japanese: ある程度
  • Korean: 약간
  • European Portuguese: vagamente
  • Latin American Spanish: vagamente

Chinese translation of 'vaguely'

vaguely

(ˈveɪɡlɪ)

adv

  1. (= unclearly) 含糊地 (hánhu de)
  2. (= evasively) 闪(閃)烁(爍)其辞(辭)地 (shǎnshuò qí cí de)
  3. (= slightly) 略微地 (lüèwēi de)
(adverb) 
The voice was vaguely familiar.
Synonyms
slightly
The house they moved to was slightly larger.
rather
I'm afraid it's rather a long story.
sort of (informal)
I sort of made my own happiness.
kind of (informal)
It was kind of sad, really.
a little
I'm getting a little tired of having to correct your mistakes.
a bit
This girl was a bit strange.
somewhat
He concluded that Oswald was somewhat abnormal.
moderately
The machine operated moderately well.
faintly
She felt faintly ridiculous.
dimly
to some extent
kinda (informal)
(adverb) 
‘What did you talk about?’ ‘Oh, this and that,’ she replied vaguely.
Synonyms
absent-mindedly
evasively
abstractedly
obscurely
vacantly
inattentively
(adverb) 
‘She's back there,’ he said, waving vaguely behind him.
Synonyms
roughly
loosely
indefinitely
carelessly
in a general way
imprecisely

Additional synonyms

in the sense of a bit
Definition
rather
This girl was a bit strange.
Synonyms
somewhat,
rather,
quite,
kind of (informal),
pretty,
fairly,
slightly,
moderately,
to some extent
in the sense of a little
Definition
to a small extent or degree
I'm getting a little tired of having to correct your mistakes.
Synonyms
to a small extent,
slightly,
to some extent,
to a certain extent,
to a small degree
in the sense of faintly
She felt faintly ridiculous.
Synonyms
slightly,
rather,
a little,
somewhat,
dimly

Synonyms of 'vaguely'

vaguely

Explore 'vaguely' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of kind of
Definition
to a certain extent
It was kind of sad, really.
Synonyms
rather,
quite,
sort of (informal),
a little,
a bit,
pretty (informal),
fairly,
relatively,
somewhat,
slightly,
moderately,
to some extent,
to some degree
in the sense of moderately
The machine operated moderately well.
Synonyms
reasonably,
rather,
quite,
fairly,
somewhat,
slightly,
to some extent,
to a degree,
in moderation,
within reason,
tolerably,
within limits,
passably
in the sense of rather
Definition
to a limited extent
I'm afraid it's rather a long story.
Synonyms
to some extent,
quite,
sort of (informal),
kind of (informal),
a little,
a bit,
pretty (informal),
fairly,
relatively,
somewhat,
slightly,
moderately,
to some degree
in the sense of somewhat
Definition
rather
He concluded that Oswald was somewhat abnormal.
Synonyms
rather,
quite,
a little,
sort of (informal),
kind of (informal),
a bit,
pretty (informal),
fairly,
relatively,
slightly,
moderately,
to some extent,
to some degree
in the sense of sort of
Definition
as it were
I sort of made my own happiness.
Synonyms
rather,
somewhat,
as it were,
slightly,
moderately,
in part,
reasonably
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