distantly
English
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[edit]Adverb
[edit]distantly (comparative more distantly, superlative most distantly)
- At a distance.
- The horizon was distantly visible in the grey light of dawn.
- 2014 August 20, Mark Potok, “What’s in a Name?”, in Southern Poverty Law Center[1]:
- I’m distantly related to the truly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing.
- In a distant manner; with detachment.
- Synonym: aloofly
- "What do you want?" she said distantly.
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 116:
- "Don't go," he implored. "I must," said Millie distantly.
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *dwóh₁
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyg- (like)
- English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)
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