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View definitions for vaguely

vaguely

adverb as in unclearly

adverb as in indistinctly

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I asked a cashier, noting that contemporary country makes my skin crawl despite the fact that I vaguely belong to the same ethnic group that produces it.

A famous general, of whom I was only vaguely aware, was facing the end of his life.

And Dr. Michael Burry was dumbstruck: He recalled Asperger’s from med school, but vaguely.

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Her descriptions of the decision’s alleged damage were unequivocal: “egregiously wrong,” “deeply damaging,” “far outside the bounds of any reasonable interpretation of the various constitutional provisions to which it vaguely pointed.”

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She knows, vaguely, it has something to do with how California draws the boundaries for its 52 congressional districts, a convoluted and arcane process that’s not exactly top of the mind for your average person.

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