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
  • 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
  • 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 generous side dish tasted vaguely of black pepper and was wet rather than creamy.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • 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
  • In response, Trump has tried to walk a fine line on the issue, in part by dodging questions or answering them vaguely.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
  • She was used to seeing the queen’s visage on coins, and recalled vaguely wondering how her likeness had come to life.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The appeal is made to at least vaguely sympathetic ears.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The rest of America, though, knew him only vaguely, as a rich guy whose name was on a Fifth Avenue tower in gold letters.
    Curbed, 2 Oct. 2023
  • But school districts across the state have tended to interpret the laws, which are vaguely written, broadly.
    Dana Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Carnes vaguely remembers one of her recipes being printed there.
    Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024

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