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# vaguely

«vaguely» in Mova's school dictionary: **not clear or exact** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Vaguely means in a way that is not clear or exact. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaguely/#m1)

2) Vaguely can mean slightly, a little. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaguely/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, «I vaguely remember» means I remember only a little. In writing lessons, pupils learn not to write vaguely but to give clear details. In stories, a shape looks vaguely like a person in the fog. Phrases: «vaguely remember», «vaguely familiar», «answer vaguely».

### examples

- I vaguely remember being a baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaguely/#x1)
- His face looked vaguely familiar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaguely/#x2)
- She answered vaguely, so we were still confused. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaguely/#x3)
- The cloud looked vaguely like a rabbit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaguely/#x4)
- Don't write vaguely; say exactly what happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaguely/#x5)
- He was vaguely aware of someone calling him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaguely/#x6)

### note

Adverb from «vague» + -ly; keep the e: «vaguely». Opposites: «clearly», «exactly». Vague is not the same as wrong; it is just not detailed.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vaguely» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vaguely/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.