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vaguely(dictionary)

deperdition (iou) and vaguely (iou)


deperdition (iou)



deperdition noun. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
[French deperdition, formed as DEPERDIT: see -ITION.]
Loss, waste, destruction by wasting away.

vaguely (iou)



vaguely adverb. L18.
[from VAGUE adjective + -LY2.]
In a vague, indefinite, or imprecise manner; to a slight but indeterminate degree; in vague terms. L18.
Ld Macaulay A motion..so vaguely worded that it could hardly be said to mean any thing. K. Vonnegut I was vaguely ill, still a little drunk.
b. Dimly, obscurely, indistinctly. L19.
E. Waugh Binoculars which she remembered vaguely having lent to the scout-master.
Without attention or concentration; idly, vacantly. E19.
Sir W. Scott Listening vaguely to what the magistrate was saying.