How to Use vaguely in a Sentence

vaguely

adverb

• The Fates tell Dream, albeit a bit vaguely, where to find them.
  — Alex Raiman, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2022
• Despite the changes, the top Democrat in the House said the bill was worded too vaguely.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2023
• It was made to look instead like a vaguely edgier remix of the 2004 film.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• The cut of a sleeve or the drape of a skirt can transform the rosette's effect from quirky and girly to moody and vaguely gothic.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Aug. 2023
• Most people are, at best, just vaguely aware of that fact.
  — Steve Slavin, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2024
• The vaguely bluesy folk songs courtesy of A.G. Cook put us in a place of longing from frame one.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
• Its design is open and vaguely geometric, with a flip on top of the fringe and both short ends.
  — Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
• The class seems vaguely aware of the missile silos scattered across the county.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2024
• The green piping is subtle, vaguely retro-tinged, and oh-so-cool for summer.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2024
• If the photos look vaguely familiar to you, there's a good reason for that.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2023
• All the men are kicked to the curb except for a vaguely humanoid robot donning a baseball cat.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• On a vaguely lighter note, what’s a recent moment that gave you catharsis?
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
• Despite the changes, top Democrat in the Arkansas House said the bill was worded too vaguely.
  — Fox News, 25 Feb. 2023
• But Gosling’s Ken is the best of them, stalwart, in a somewhat neutered way, with his shaggy blond hair, spray-tan bare chest, and vaguely pink lips.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 July 2023
• The titular work, vaguely in the key of A minor, was heard in versions for choir and for solo organ.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
• The generous side dish tasted vaguely of black pepper and was wet rather than creamy.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• The New Deal only begins to look vaguely acceptable when the growth is in per capita terms.
  — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
• The steeply slanted roof makes the space seem small; the chairs are just a foot above the ground, as if made for children or toys; and the elevator up smells vaguely like crayons.
  — Vrinda Jagota, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2024
• The screenplay vaguely sketches the details of his waking life, but the real action takes place in his dream world.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
• Maybe 1 in 3 potential viewers will have vaguely heard of the movie before.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
• Every officer’s mouth is zipped shut, and all of the faces look vaguely milky and homogenous.
  — Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
• Or is this just a different chiseled, vaguely red-haired man?
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024
• There were those who, right after the earthquake, promised to help the couple, only to respond vaguely when Ibrahim followed up.
  — Safak Timur Emin Ozmen, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
• The plan, as vaguely as it was presented at the time, seems to have hit a serious roadblock: a lack of customer demand.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Feb. 2024
• The law is so vaguely worded, and the punishment so high, that at least one Pride Parade has already been canceled this year.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 17 May 2023
• There’s a late sweetness that lingers and a vaguely sulfuric smell, like bathing in an actual hot spring.
  — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
• There was warmth among the orphaned, and a collective hope that felt vaguely messianic.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
• But someone in the office did vaguely recall that Judge Tom Keith had somehow been involved with the case.
  — Benjamin Hale, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• Image In person, dressed in black pants and a black leather blazer that gave her a vaguely edgy air, Ms. Wiles projected nothing more than a friendly, crisp competence.
  — Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
• Others react in vaguely supportive ways at first, only to pounce weeks later.
  — Rebecca Collins Jordan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Jan 2025