vaguely
In fuzzy terms
Vaguely means in an imprecise or unclear way: I vaguely remember meeting him once.
It can indicate slight degree—not quite reaching full awareness or feeling: The name sounds vaguely familiar, I felt vaguely uneasy.
Something vaguely resembling another thing shares only loose or approximate similarity: a vaguely Mediterranean flavor.
With weak illumination
subtly · softly · palely · distantly · remotely · indistinctly · shadowily · ghostly
Close but not exact
- roughlyIn approximate terms
- looselyWithout being tight
- generallyIn most instances
- broadlyIn general terms
inexactly · inaccurately · sketchily · indistinctly · fuzzily · blurrily · muddily · amorphously
To a moderate extent
- slightlyTo a minor extent
- sort ofApproximately, not precisely
- kind ofApproximately, loosely speaking
- maybeExpression of uncertainty
possibly · perhaps · doubtfully · questionably · inconclusively · indeterminately · noncommittally · ambivalently
Known from experience
- recognizableAble to be identified
- evocativeTending to summon memories
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
- reminiscentTending to recall
echoing · resembling · recalling · hinting · alluding · associative · déjà vu · memory
In unclear manner
- puzzlinglyIn confusing manner
- perplexinglyIn a confusing way
- bewilderinglyIn a puzzling manner
- mysteriouslyIn puzzling manner
enigmatically · cryptically · inscrutably · abstrusely · murkily · opaquely · unintelligibly · incoherently
dimly
With weak illumination
weakly · subtly · softly · palely · distantly · remotely · indistinctly · shadowily · ghostly · ethereally
approximately
Close but not exact
broadly · inexactly · inaccurately · sketchily · indistinctly · fuzzily · blurrily · muddily · amorphously · diffusely
somewhat
To a moderate extent
maybe · possibly · perhaps · doubtfully · questionably · inconclusively · indeterminately · noncommittally · ambivalently · hesitantly
familiar
Known from experience
- recognizableAble to be identified
- evocativeTending to summon memories
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
reminiscent · echoing · resembling · recalling · hinting · alluding · associative · déjà vu · memory · nostalgic
confusingly
In unclear manner
- puzzlinglyIn confusing manner
- perplexinglyIn a confusing way
- bewilderinglyIn a puzzling manner
mysteriously · enigmatically · cryptically · inscrutably · abstrusely · murkily · opaquely · unintelligibly · incoherently · incomprehensibly
- approximationsabout, approximately, around, roughly, almost
- mental adverbsmentally, cognitively, consciously, unconsciously, subconsciously
- Precision Wordsexact, precision, accuracy, precise, accurate
- smallnesssmall, little, tiny, mini, miniature
- uncertaintyuncertainty, uncertain, unknown, unsure, unclear
- sentence adverbsobviously, certainly, probably, possibly, perhaps
vaguelyprecisely
In an exact manner
exactly · specifically · clearly · explicitly · distinctly
vaguelyunmistakably
In an undeniable manner
clearly · evidently · distinctly · certainly · definitely
- nouvelle vagueFrench for emerging trend
- vague intentionUnclear purpose to act