vaguely

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English vague Middle English -ly English -ly English vaguely From vague + -ly.

1. In a vague manner.

   “He looked vaguely around the room, as if lost.”

   “The youth pointed vaguely. "Over there," he replied.”

2. Loosely; more or less; somewhat.

   “12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.”