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vaguely

/ˈveɪɡli/ adverb B2
  1. In a vague manner. · He looked vaguely around the room, as if lost.
  2. Loosely; more or less; somewhat.
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She braved it for a moment or two with an eye full of love and stubbornness, and murmured a phrase or two vaguely of Gen.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 7 · C1
Marilla felt this and was vaguely troubled over it, realizing that the ups and downs of existence would probably bear hardly on this impulsive soul and not sufficiently understanding that the equally great capacity for delight might more than compensate.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 168 · C1
Her eyes were tired, and she thought vaguely that she must see about having her glasses changed the next time she went to town, for her eyes had grown tired very often of late.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 242 · C1
I heard vaguely that his abilities and the influences which he commanded had won him a good position at the Foreign Office, and then he passed completely out of my mind until the following letter recalled his existence:
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 56 · B2

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