adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mildly/vaguely amusing (= a little amusing, but not very )
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a mildly amusing spectacle
remember vaguely/dimly (= not well )
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He could vaguely remember his mother’s face.
vaguely familiar
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Her face seems vaguely familiar , but I can’t quite place her.
vaguely (= slightly )
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I heard a weird sound vaguely resembling the bark of a dog.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
aware
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I was vaguely aware that my death was imminent.
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I was vaguely aware that some of the people in the gym were hungry.
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Trembling and a little afraid, she gently struggled, vaguely aware that her husband was in the next room.
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I was vaguely aware that junior was trying to persuade the others to do something.
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He was vaguely aware that he was driving rather better than usual.
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I was vaguely aware of Oluf.
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He was vaguely aware of some of his own Dalwolsey men, led by Wattie Kerr, at his back.
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I was vaguely aware that Olympia &038; York was involved in property.
familiar
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She began to feel vaguely familiar with the names of drinks and their prices.
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His voice, warm and slightly drunk, sounded vaguely familiar .
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Although the old Victorian building with its spine of hutted wards was a vaguely familiar place, it was by no means home.
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The voice on the other end of the line was vaguely familiar .
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The young man had seemed vaguely familiar .
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Her face was vaguely familiar , and Floyd suddenly became aware that the Administrator was looking at him with a quizzical smile.
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The other was of a man, plumpish and vaguely familiar .
■ VERB
define
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She was right on the other side of the shower door, her plump form vaguely defined through the milky glass.
feel
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She began to feel vaguely familiar with the names of drinks and their prices.
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Lying in the speeding police van, Gao Yang felt vaguely motion. sick.
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She felt vaguely flattered, it was odd.
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Although he felt vaguely sorry for Bill.
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He felt vaguely sorry for Fergus.
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He felt vaguely depressed and lost.
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Because I felt vaguely grateful, I've been nice to him.
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She often made me feel vaguely guilty, as if I'd forgotten to clean my teeth or was wearing a grubby shirt.
know
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She knew vaguely what to expect.
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I vaguely knew his wife - I even liked her.
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We know vaguely what she means, but we do not feel it for ourselves.
look
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Even Ted, who refuses to dance at home, is up and doing something that looks vaguely like the Mashed Potato.
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She even thought he looked vaguely familiar, but then she realised it must be the type that seemed familiar.
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Now that I looked at her I could see that Mrs McCue looked vaguely familiar.
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I walked on for perhaps forty yards and stopped, lighting a cigarette and looking vaguely in his direction.
recall
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I vaguely recall writing down the codes months ago and losing whatever it was I wrote them on.
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I vaguely recall something from long, long ago that involves cuddling by the fire.
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I vaguely recall making an Airfix kit of that thing when I was a kid.
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Well, I can still vaguely recall being taken to the hospital where my father was dying.
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I vaguely recall the event, but I didn't take much notice.
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I vaguely recalled that Amin had named one of his sons after him.
remember
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I can vaguely remember my first day at school.
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She could vaguely remember Annabel and Miranda's visit, but Clare hadn't come.
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He remembers vaguely about all this from when he was living in the country.
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She could vaguely remember her mother bathing her, but mostly she recalled her grandmother's strong arms.
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I seem to vaguely remember you gave me some directions last time.
seem
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At other times her minimalist approach seems vaguely stilted, and even her immensely watchable face can't carry the day.
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The young man had seemed vaguely familiar.
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All of this made him seem vaguely anarchic beside the bishop.
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It drew alongside her, a pale blue Renault that seemed vaguely familiar.
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It's Hallowe'en and the city seems vaguely unhinged.
think
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Hadn't she seen something like this once before? she thought vaguely .
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How strange, she thought vaguely .
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When it actually came to writing rather than vaguely thinking about his address, Henry found it more difficult than he had expected.
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But that was all right, she thought vaguely .
wonder
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Arthur wondered vaguely what kind of job the man could have which let him take so much time off.
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He wondered vaguely if he had strength to steam off stamps at this late point in his life.
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Charles wondered vaguely if the old man had recognized him.
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He wondered vaguely about going back to Mrs Short's boarding house and getting a pen and paper.
word
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A final warning ought not to be worded vaguely .
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But he said the order was vaguely worded .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Audrey smiled vaguely at the ceiling.
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Her face is vaguely familiar.
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I found the whole situation vaguely upsetting.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A dazed Fourth Aunt lay in bed, vaguely aware that some one was tugging on her arm.
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He remained too personally committed to the values of the Council and to a certain vaguely liberal spirit.
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I vaguely recall something from long, long ago that involves cuddling by the fire.
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Sheldukher angled the disrupter vaguely in the direction of the huddled mass of Chelonians and fired indiscriminately.
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Well, I didn't want to take it, because I was vaguely thinking of my amateur status.