indeterminately

adverb

as in vaguely

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indeterminately
  1. vaguely
  2. nebulously
  3. narrowly
Adverb
  • One recruit who had recently graduated basic training only vaguely recalled Hegseth's name.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Naturally, the change is pushing resorts away from the old formula of international all-day dining (something vaguely Asian, an Italian, and perhaps a grill), as familiarity alone is no longer much of a selling point.
    — Lela London, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of vaguely
Adverb
  • For the most part, big superhero movies from DC and Marvel tend to be a hodgepodge of adaptation, with filmmakers borrowing freely and nebulously from decades of winding comic-book continuity.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • The doctrine of the containment of communism thus gave birth to a more concretely geopolitical—as opposed to nebulously civilizational—West, soon embodied in new institutions such as NATO, an integrating Europe, and the OECD.
    — Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
Definition of nebulously
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  • But critics have argued that the ads seem narrowly designed to encourage more people to use their glasses for continuous recording.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Ossoff ran in a special election for Georgia's sixth congressional district in 2017, narrowly losing the race to Republican Karen Handel.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of narrowly
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