vaguely — OAT

vaguely

adverb

1 she looks vaguely familiar:

slightly, a little, a bit, somewhat, rather, moderately, to some degree, to a certain extent, in a way, to a slight extent, faintly, obscurely, dimly;

marginally, a shade;

informal sort of, kind of, kinda, ish.

▷antonyms very.

2 he fired his rifle vaguely in our direction:

roughly, more or less, approximately, nearly, just about, practically, virtually, as near as dammit, for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes;

South African plus-minus;

informal pretty much.

▷antonyms exactly.

3 he just smiles vaguely:

absent-mindedly, abstractedly, inattentively, with one's head in the clouds, vacantly, vacuously, giddily, forgetfully;

informal scattily, dizzily, dippily.