as in slightly
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Recent Examples of vaguely
One vaguely remembers being spellbound by a feature about blind people surviving a plane crash and making their way down a mountain.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Occasionally, even Trump hints at this, vaguely touting secondary sanctions as a throwaway remark earlier this week.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
To some Syrians, the talks resemble a vaguely colonial project to divide up their country, as the European powers did a century ago after the collapse of the Ottoman empire.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
And geez, the amount of fervent, vaguely sacred-sounding call and response by the Seraphites is … uncomfy.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 12 May 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Occasionally, even Trump hints at this, vaguely touting secondary sanctions as a throwaway remark earlier this week.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
To some Syrians, the talks resemble a vaguely colonial project to divide up their country, as the European powers did a century ago after the collapse of the Ottoman empire.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
And geez, the amount of fervent, vaguely sacred-sounding call and response by the Seraphites is … uncomfy.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaguely
little
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Even a better-than-expected inflation report Tuesday failed to jolt investors, with major stock indexes little changed despite a cooldown in consumer prices.—
J.J. McCorvey,
NBC news,
13 May 2025
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The yields on China’s benchmark 10-year government bond were little changed at 1.636% on Wednesday, according to LSEG data.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
7 May 2025
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“Vaguely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaguely. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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