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The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of the American nation points towards an adequate and fruitful definition of the democratic ideal.
Herbert Croly

Meaning of "vaguely" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF VAGUELY

vaguely  [ˈveɪɡlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VAGUELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vaguely 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 VAGUELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of vaguely in the English dictionary

The first definition of vaguely in the dictionary is in a manner that is not precise or clear. Other definition of vaguely is in a manner that is slight. Vaguely is also in a manner that shows lack of precision or clear thinking; absent-mindedly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VAGUELY


bigly
ˈbɪɡlɪ
fugly
ˈfʌɡlɪ
gangly
ˈɡæŋɡlɪ
googly
ˈɡuːɡlɪ
Hooghly
ˈhuːɡlɪ
scraggly
ˈskræɡlɪ
scriggly
ˈskrɪɡlɪ
shingly
ˈʃɪŋɡlɪ
singly
ˈsɪŋɡlɪ
smugly
ˈsmʌɡlɪ
snugly
ˈsnʌɡlɪ
spangly
ˈspæŋɡlɪ
squiggly
ˈskwɪɡlɪ
straggly
ˈstræɡlɪ
tingly
ˈtɪŋɡlɪ
trigly
ˈtrɪɡlɪ
UGLI
ˈʌɡlɪ
ugly
ˈʌɡlɪ
wiggly
ˈwɪɡlɪ
wriggly
ˈrɪɡlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VAGUELY

vaginectomies
vaginectomy
vaginismus
vaginitis
vaginosis
vaginula
vagitus
vagotomies
vagotomy
vagotonia
vagotonic
vagotropic
vagrancies
vagrancy
vagrant
vagrom
vague
vagueness
vagus
vagus nerve

WORDS THAT END LIKE VAGUELY

antiquely
baroquely
bluely
brusquely
burlesquely
grotesquely
obliquely
opaquely
picturesquely
sculpturesquely
statuesquely
uniquely

Synonyms and antonyms of vaguely in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VAGUELY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vaguely» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of vaguely

Translation of «vaguely» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VAGUELY

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

Translator English - Chinese

有点儿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vagamente
570 millions of speakers

English

vaguely
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अस्पष्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غامضة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смутно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vagamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অস্পষ্টভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vaguement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Samar-samar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vage
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ある程度
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

약간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inggil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mơ hồ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெளிவற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्पष्टपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belli belirsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vagamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niejasno
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

смутно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vag
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αόριστα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vaagweg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vagt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vagt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vaguely

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VAGUELY»

The term «vaguely» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.676 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VAGUELY» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «VAGUELY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vaguely.
1
Ben Barnes
My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school. I liked the hymns bit, but apart from that, I can take it or leave it. So I had lots of different influences when I was younger.
2
Alafair Burke
I've learned to accept the fact that my students are far too busy preparing for their own legal careers to care one bit about the off-campus antics of Professor Burke. I get the impression that my students are vaguely aware of my novels, but are at best mildly curious.
3
Herbert Croly
The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of the American nation points towards an adequate and fruitful definition of the democratic ideal.
4
Macaulay Culkin
My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know.
5
Michael Cunningham
I revise constantly, as I go along and then again after I've finished a first draft. Few of my novels contain a single sentence that closely resembles the sentence I first set down. I just find that I have to keep zapping and zapping the English language until it starts to behave in some way that vaguely matches my intentions.
6
Martin Freeman
Acting is the only thing I'm even vaguely good at and acting is something that I think I do know about.
7
Bella Freud
I have vaguely entertained the idea of learning how to use the Internet and email. It looks easy, but I'm sure it's harder than it seems. Never having used a computer makes a big difference. I haven't a clue which keys to press.
8
Alison Gopnik
If parents are the fixed stars in the child's universe, the vaguely understood, distant but constant celestial spheres, siblings are the dazzling, sometimes scorching comets whizzing nearby.
9
Freddie Highmore
I'm pretty rubbish, as we say in Britain, artwise, and I always envy people who can pick up something and even do just a little doodle of someone that looks vaguely like them. It's impressive.
10
Israel Horovitz
I'm really into the irony of writing vaguely radical plays that instantly win huge establishment awards. It's really amusing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VAGUELY»

Discover the use of vaguely in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vaguely and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chinese township village enterprises as vaguely defined ...
Property rights, reform, economic, transition.
Martin L. Weitzman, Chenggang Xu, 1993
2
Vaguely Defined Objects: Representations, Fuzzy Sets, and ...
This monograph explores the cardinal, or quantitative, aspects of objects in the presence of vagueness (""vaguely defined objects"").
Maciej Wygralak, 1996
3
Sauntering Vaguely Downward
Dylan Rojers is excited about Dragon*Con-a huge convention in Atlanta celebrating pop culture, science fiction, and fantasy-but he and his last-minute roommate, Brendan Stone, get off on the wrong foot.
Nessa L. Warin, 2011
4
The advertising and promotion challenge: vaguely right or ...
Explains how to use and evaluate advertising, looks at product mix and positiong, and discusses decisions related to copy and choice of media
Leonard M. Lodish, 1986
5
Korovkin-type Approximation Theory and Its Applications
In this case we also is! say that (u,-)f-E , converges vaguely to u. Endowed with the vague topology, ./ll(X) is a locally convex Hausdorff space. Furthermore in general JI(X) is not metrizable. If X has a countable base, then JI'“(X) is metrizable ...
Francesco Altomare, Michele Campiti, 1994
6
Racehorses Trained in France: Arazi, Goldikova, Urban Sea, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, Books Llc, Books Group, 2010
7
Vaguely Noble
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vaguely Noble (1965-1989) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United Kingdom and France.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
8
Measures and Probabilities
Proposition 1g.5.1 // (n,g) is ^-adapted, then A : t *-* Ai is scalarly essentially ^- integrable and vaguely ^-measurable. Conversely, if A is scalarly essentially n- integrable and vaguely ^-measurable, then g is ^-measurable and the restriction of n ...
Michel Simonnet, 1996
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Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2824
51 8 - 550 cm: vaguely banded, 5Y 5/1 alternating with 5Y 5/2, sandy silty mud and muddy sand as individual units of stacked graded couplets, that are internally structureless. Lamination is better defined where the unit is sandier. Basal few ...
Asprey, K W, Syvitski, J P M, Andrews, J T
10
Pragmatism and the Reflective Life
To be sure, people do share vaguely general tendencies of behavior. We say, for example, that some people are abstemious, and when we say this we are referencing a vague tendency toward self-depriving behavior that comes in as many ...
Stuart Rosenbaum, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VAGUELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vaguely is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kitchen gadgets review: the Ozpig – the vaguely druidic way to heat …
Whether you fire it up to grill, flash-fry or just to warm you up, this unusual Australian wonder-cauldron not only looks the business, but delivers an enviable ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
White House Vaguely Agrees Outdated ECPA Should Be Reformed …
However, it does so both belatedly, vaguely and disingenuously. The We The People petition calling for ECPA reform was posted November, 12, 2013. It passed ... «Techdirt, Jul 15»
3
Gillian Flynn's novel 'Gone Girl' has come to mean any vaguely
1 hopefuls tips heavily toward Gillian Flynn's 2012 novel, even if the “insert-quirky-modifier-here Gone Girl” label has come to mean any vaguely twisty tale. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
4
Kitchen gadgets review: the ice cream professional - a macho and …
This is a macho machine, vaguely smug: it feels less about childish treats on sunny days than whipping up peanut-butter ice-cream, rosewater gelato and basil ... «The Guardian, May 15»
5
Tom Powers: Suddenly, these Twins are looking vaguely familiar
Minnesota Twins Brian Dozier, right, welcomes Eduardo Escobar, left, and Eddie Rosario, enter, after they scored on a single by Danny Santana off Tampa Bay ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, May 15»
6
Bill Cosby Responds Vaguely To Sexual Assault Allegations On …
Bill Cosby responded to the sexual assault allegations made against him with nothing more than vague answers on Friday's “Good Morning America. «Gossip Cop, May 15»
7
Kanye West is vaguely a doctor now
Kanye can add Dr. West to his long list of titles thanks to the Art Institute of Chicago. The rapper was given an honorary doctorate degree from the school on ... «Zap2it.com, May 15»
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Tilton Blasts DOJ's 'Vaguely Orwellian' Stance On SEC Judges
“It is vaguely Orwellian that in a 26-page brief, the United States never identified who within the bureaucracy appointed the SEC ALJs. Does the government ... «Law360, May 15»
9
Vaguely Literary: LeBron James x Beowulf
LeBron, you've been through a lot, and it's been analyzed to death and beyond, much like your recommended reading. Beowulf is the story of a young warrior ... «SLAM Online, Apr 15»
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Vaguely Literary: Jimmy Butler x The Hobbit
Jimmy Butler, you've been through a lot in your young life. There's a book you should read about a nice, innocent guy who also goes through a lot. His name is ... «SLAM Online, Apr 15»

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