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When money gets too far away from actual, physical, real equity and property it gets too abstract and too distantly derived and then suddenly it's not worth anything anymore. And the same is true of language.
Roy Blount, Jr.

Meaning of "distantly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISTANTLY

distantly  [ˈdɪstəntlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISTANTLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Distantly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES DISTANTLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of distantly in the English dictionary

The first definition of distantly in the dictionary is by several degrees of separation. Other definition of distantly is vaguely. Distantly is also without feeling or concern.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISTANTLY


blatantly
ˈbleɪtəntlɪ
competently
ˈkɒmpɪtəntlɪ
concomitantly
kənˈkɒmɪtəntlɪ
consistently
kənˈsɪstəntlɪ
constantly
ˈkɒnstəntlɪ
equidistantly
ˌiːkwɪˈdɪstəntlɪ
exorbitantly
ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtəntlɪ
hesitantly
ˈhɛzɪtəntlɪ
importantly
ɪmˈpɔːtəntlɪ
inadvertently
ˌɪnədˈvɜːtəntlɪ
inconsistently
ˌɪnkənˈsɪstəntlɪ
inconstantly
ɪnˈkɒnstəntlɪ
insistently
ɪnˈsɪstəntlɪ
instantly
ˈɪnstəntlɪ
intermittently
ˌɪntəˈmɪtəntlɪ
latently
ˈleɪtəntlɪ
patently
ˈpeɪtəntlɪ
persistently
pəˈsɪstəntlɪ
reluctantly
rɪˈlʌktəntlɪ
resultantly
rɪˈzʌltəntlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISTANTLY

distaff
distaff side
distain
distal
distally
distance
distance learning
distance modulus
distance race
distance runner
distance teaching
distant
distant early warning
distant early warning line
distaste
distasteful
distastefully
distastefulness
distelfink
distemper

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISTANTLY

abundantly
brilliantly
consonantly
currently
defiantly
dominantly
elegantly
exuberantly
flagrantly
flamboyantly
incessantly
insignificantly
pleasantly
predominantly
radiantly
recreantly
redundantly
significantly
triumphantly
valiantly
vigilantly

Synonyms and antonyms of distantly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «distantly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISTANTLY

Find out the translation of distantly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of distantly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «distantly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

遥远地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lejanamente
570 millions of speakers

English

distantly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दूर से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بعيدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отдаленно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

longe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দূরবর্তী শুরুর দিকে সতর্কতা লাইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

loin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Garis amaran awal yang jauh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entfernt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

遠くに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

멀리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Baris bebaya awal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொலைதூர எச்சரிக்கை வரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दूरस्थ चेतावणी ओळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Uzak erken uyarma hattı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lontano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odlegle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

віддалено
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

distant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μακρινή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verlangs
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avlägset
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fjernt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of distantly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTANTLY»

The term «distantly» is regularly used and occupies the 74.799 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISTANTLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about distantly

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QUOTES WITH «DISTANTLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word distantly.
1
Roy Blount, Jr.
When money gets too far away from actual, physical, real equity and property it gets too abstract and too distantly derived and then suddenly it's not worth anything anymore. And the same is true of language.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISTANTLY»

Discover the use of distantly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to distantly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Distantly Related to Freud
Ann Charney's moving novel captures the pulse of a pivotal decade in the restless consciousness of a young woman seeking to know her own mind.
Ann Charney, 2008
2
Horizontal Gene Transfer
With the completion of numerous microbial genome sequences, reports of individual gene transfers between distantly related prokaryotes have become commonplace. On the other hand, transfers between prokaryotes and eukaryotes still ...
Michael Syvanen, Clarence I. Kado, 2001
3
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
... four or five terminal joints dusky ; thorax narrower than the elytra, transverse- quadrate, with the sides feebly rounded ; minutely and distantly punctured ; each side of the middle with a small, obsolete, subbasal indentation : scutellum piceous ...
4
Space, Time and Number in the Brain: Searching for the ...
Not all cognitive traits that are shared between species are the outcome of common evolutionary history; similarities in cognitive abilities and biases may emerge independently in distantly related species (Fig. 13.2B). These cases of ...
Stanislas Dehaene, Elizabeth Brannon, 2011
5
Harmony for Computer Musicians
Distantly. Related. Keys. A distantly related key is regarded as one that shares few notes in common with the home key. Looking back to Figure 14.1, you can immediately see that the key of Fij major shares only one note in common with the ...
Michael Hewitt, 2011
6
Harper's Magazine
"Of which," pursued the cherub, enjoining patience with his hand, "a certain mercenary young person distantly related to myself, could not approve ? Am I leading up to it right ?" "Could not approve, sweet Pa," said Bella, with a tearful laugh ...
Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, 1865
7
Our Mutual Friend
And therefore — and therefore," the cherub went on in a glowing voice, as Bella's hand stole gradually up his waistcoat to his neck, " this mercenary young person distantly related to myself, refused the price, took off the splendid fashions that ...
Charles Dickens, 1869
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine
"Of which," pursued the cherub, enjoining patience with his hand, "a certain mercenary young person distantly related to myself, could not approve? Am I leading up to it right?" "Could not approve, sweet Pa," said Bella, with a tearful laugh and ...
9
Piaget, Evolution, and Development
A second step is identification of functional analogies among distantly related species that have evolved convergent specializations. If we use MSR as an index of self-knowledge, we find only one distantly related group with convergent ...
Jonas Langer, Melanie Killen, 1998
10
Issues in Biochemistry and Biophysics Research: 2012 Edition
Children's Hospital, Cincinnati: Investigating the predictability of essential genes across distantly related organisms using an integrative approach Scientists discuss in 'Investigating the predictability of essential genes across distantly related ...
‎2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISTANTLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term distantly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Week in the Life of Sandra Boynton
So I began buying evocative objects, distantly familiar to me from my '50s childhood. It started with small things, such as striped paper straws ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Repeated evolution and the impact of evolutionary history on …
The evolution of similar behavior and physiology seemed frequent in distantly related and closely related taxa, while the repeated evolution of ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
3
Wendiceratops dinosaur had "extravagant" halo of horns
Again and again, distantly related species of these dinosaurs converged on similar anatomy." The other revelation was the sheer number of ... «CBS News, Jul 15»
4
Seven wealth secrets of the super-rich
... tone, I am half-expecting a Wolf of Wall Street character to breeze in, perhaps arriving by launch from some distantly moored super-yacht. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
5
Sharpener uses old trade to bring new life to dull tools across South …
The Mastodon — named after the extinct prehistoric animal distantly related to elephants — is actually a mail truck converted into a moving ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
6
Rep. Jon Cox Resigns House Seat to Take Job on Governor …
Jon Cox and Spencer Cox are distantly related. Now Republican delegates in that district will select a replacement pending the approval of the ... «KUER, Jul 15»
7
Most Irish Citizens Believe Abortion Should Be Decriminalized
As it was, the icon featured a woman with a notoriously Darth Vader-ish haircut distantly in back of a man; now the woman is just slightly in front, ... «The Frisky, Jul 15»
8
Billion Electric Improves the Productivity of Retail and Financial …
Operators can minimize the maintenance costs and the manpower inspections spent on checking different and distantly located machines to ... «M2M World News, Jul 15»
9
Pamunkey Tribe has cause to celebrate
Brown, Gray and Gordon Atkinson are distantly related to each other. Most that were gathered at the Fourth of July event are. It acts as a family ... «West Point Tidewater Review, Jul 15»
10
Genetic Variety Assisted Humanbeing Become Smarter, Taller …
Contrariwise, an extensive study suggests that children of parents who are more distantly related tend to be taller and smarter than their peers. «The Market Business, Jul 15»

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