INDETERMINATELY Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

indeterminately

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as in vaguely

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In the opening scene of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the system easily tracks effects through three-dimensional space, which move overhead and behind me more clearly, rather than just sounding vaguely above my head.

— Christian de Looper, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Set amid a row of dive bars on a vaguely insalubrious block of Lower Decatur is the anonymous bar and restaurant that started the city’s mini-Tiki trend.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026

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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

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The effect was clear in Nevada’s 2024 Senate race, which Democrats narrowly won as nearly 5 percent of voters picked a candidate outside the two major parties.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Polling is sparse, but Hamilton has narrowly led several polls released over the past month.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026

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