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vaguely

adverb

Definition of vaguelynext
as in slightly

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Recent Examples of vaguely Some of his fellow Republicans objected to the viral post, while UT officials vaguely praised their student body in general. — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 The court shot down arguments that House Bill 1775 violated First Amendment rights and that the law was written too vaguely in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 10 Sep. 2026 Yet, in research vaguely reminiscent of RoboCop, scientists have used skeletal muscle from a literal frog leg as an actuator to control a tiny robotic manta ray. — New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026 Responsibility cannot be assigned vaguely to the model, the data team or the user. — Michael Tyrimos, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vaguely
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaguely
  1. slightly
  2. nominally
  3. little
  4. negligibly
  5. tolerably
  6. decently
  7. acceptably
Adverb
  • General Daily Insight for September 25, 2026 Reality may feel slightly out of focus today.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Gray is expected to benefit from the congressional boundaries created under Proposition 50, which gave the district a slightly more Democratic edge.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of slightly
Adverb
  • The key test was performed independently on two nominally identical devices, one at EPFL and one at the Weizmann Institute, using separate experimental setups.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Should that phase of flight execute nominally, however, SpaceX has slated the half-hour-long Starlink deployment procedure to begin about 10 minutes later.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of nominally
Adverb
  • The stock is little changed in extended trading Thursday, up less than a quarter of a percent.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Yet there is also little denying that factors outside of Merz’s control have combined to create roadblocks to progress.
    — Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of little
Adverb
  • In an economy where wages are anchored to what compute would cost to replicate human work, human labor becomes economically marginal—not worthless, but negligibly small relative to the overall pie.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • In other words, the chin contributes negligibly to resisting chewing forces.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Definition of negligibly
Adverb
  • Among the performers, Smith rules the roost as the no-nonsense Angela, and Jones acquits himself tolerably on comic relief duties as the pathetic Mike.
    — Caspar Salmon, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The Sky fell, but tolerably so.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Definition of tolerably
Adverb
  • Miller played decently during the Dolphins’ preseason finale and had some good moments during the final two weeks of training camp.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Cam Gill earned a pair of fumble recoveries, true, and had a decently productive preseason.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of decently
Adverb
  • Lizzie, Maggie, or Jessica Barden’s actress Nance O’Neil, who coaches Lizzie on how to be more acceptably feminine in public — Monster detrimentally sticks to its Tumblr-level framing of patriarchy’s impact.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Those who answered acceptably were invited to in-person tryouts.
    — Eric Nager, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
Definition of acceptably

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“Vaguely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaguely. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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