remotely

adverb

re·​mote·​ly ri-ˈmōt-lē 

1

: to a remote extent

I could not guess even remotely what time it was.

—P. G. Wodehouse

I am grieved beyond measure that I should be, however remotely, a cause of this horror coming on you.

—Bram Stoker

2

: in a remote location

… had planned, for the afternoon, a visit to a remotely situated acquaintance whom the introduction of the motor had transformed into a neighbour.

—Edith Wharton

The remotely located house of worship survives unaltered from its original state …

—Virginia Department of Historic Resources

3

: without direct contact or control : from a distance

The mining company … has 71 immense ore trucks rumbling around iron mines in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia that are guided remotely from an office in Perth, 930 miles away.

—Michelle Innis

As a surgeon's remotely operated hands, they could assist in delicate eye or brain surgery; they could even cut your lawn—blade by blade.

—Michael Bowker

Examples of remotely in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There was some time when people thought that apprenticeship and mentorship could maybe be digitized or entirely done remotely. —Fortune Editors, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025

And this July, in an unprecedented development, several heads of state failed to participate in-person in a BRICS summit, and only half of the bloc’s ten member countries sent delegations; the others attended remotely. —Oliver Stuenkel, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2025

The lot came up for sale after the county decided to downsize much of their human services staff to another building, saying that many of those employees now work remotely. —Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025

The problem was, of course, that subversion was an amorphous label that could be wielded flexibly, which left industry employees scared of weighing in on any topic that could be seen as remotely controversial. —Time, 18 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined at sense 2