distantly
adverb /ˈdɪstəntli/
/ˈdɪstəntli/
- far away in space or time
- Somewhere, distantly, he could hear the sound of the sea.
- not closely
- We're distantly related.
- The way I speak only distantly resembles the way I write.
- in a way that does not show real emotion because you are thinking about something else
- Holly smiled distantly.