as in slightly
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Everyone here has an important last name or an important relative (Naomi Watts’s brother, for instance) or a vaguely important job.
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Brock Colyar, Curbed, 24 June 2025
During a survey in 2019, the team caught just over a dozen cave fish that looked vaguely familiar, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
The letter goes on to vaguely mention changes to Connecticut Children’s gender care program.
—Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
For decades, the Academy seemed to keep Cruise at a vaguely disdainful distance, dismissing him as more of an action figure than a serious ack-TOOR.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
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Brock Colyar, Curbed, 24 June 2025
During a survey in 2019, the team caught just over a dozen cave fish that looked vaguely familiar, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
The letter goes on to vaguely mention changes to Connecticut Children’s gender care program.
—Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
For decades, the Academy seemed to keep Cruise at a vaguely disdainful distance, dismissing him as more of an action figure than a serious ack-TOOR.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaguely
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June jobs Stock futures were little changed Thursday morning as investors braced for the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ nonfarm payrolls report for June, due in at 8:30 a.m.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
3 July 2025
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The British coronation ceremony has changed little over the centuries since it was first held in 1066.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Discover Magazine,
30 June 2025
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“Vaguely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaguely. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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