adv
Meaning 1
At a distance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The horizon was distantly visible in the grey light of dawn.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
distantly
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adv
Meaning 2
In a distant manner; with detachment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- "What do you want?" she said distantly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aloofly
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
from or at a distance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- dimly, distantly, voices sounded in the stillness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth2éh1yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin distō Latin distānsder. Old French distantbor. Middle English distaunt English distant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English distantly From distant + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: distance — in a distant manner
- German: entfernt — in a distant manner
- Portuguese: de longe — in a distant manner
- Scottish Gaelic: fad às — in a distant manner
- Sundanese: anggang — in a distant manner
Real reading context