indeterminately

adverb

as in vaguely

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indeterminately
  1. vaguely
  2. nebulously
  3. narrowly
Adverb
  • On his desk, there’s an ancient laptop with a big monitor running a vaguely Y2K version of Windows.
    — Mariska Breland, STAT, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Now, data that vaguely matches a scent to a voltage pattern is available.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of vaguely
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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
Definition of nebulously
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  • Voters narrowly backed a change to Miami-Dade’s charter that could clear the way for county commissioners to receive higher salaries, ending the county’s history of potential pay raises failing at the ballot box.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was narrowly ahead of City Councilmember Nithya Raman, her onetime political ally, in the race to lead the nation’s second-largest city, according to early returns Tuesday.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of narrowly
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