"vaguely" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈveɪɡli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vaguely.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more vaguely [comparative], most vaguely [superlative]
Etymology: From vague + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vague|ly}} vague + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} vaguely (comparative more vaguely, superlative most vaguely)
  1. In a vague manner. Translations (in a vague manner): vagament (Catalan), vaag (Dutch), svage (Esperanto), vaguement (French), vagamente (Italian), vagamente (Portuguese), vagamente (Spanish), belli belirsiz (Turkish), belirsiz bir şekilde (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-vaguely-en-adv-FslGJTmt Disambiguation of 'in a vague manner': 99 1
  2. Loosely; more or less; somewhat.
    Sense id: en-vaguely-en-adv-o8v2q2it Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 11 89

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