adv
Meaning 1
At a distance, far away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
remotely
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɹɪˈmoʊtli/
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adv
Meaning 2
Not much; scarcely; hardly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'm not remotely in love with you.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
to a remote degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it is remotely possible
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Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
in a remote manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- when the measured speech of the chorus passes over into song the tones are, remotely but unmistakably, those taught by the orthodox liturgy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English remote Middle English -ly English -ly English remotely From remote + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: далеч (daleč) — at a distance, far away
- Bulgarian: отдалечено (otdalečeno) — at a distance, far away
- Catalan: remotament — at a distance, far away
- Czech: vzdáleně — at a distance, far away
- Finnish: kaukaa — at a distance, far away
- Finnish: etäältä — at a distance, far away
- French: à distance — at a distance, far away
- German: entfernt — at a distance, far away
- Greek: ελάχιστα (eláchista) — at a distance, far away
- Italian: da remoto — at a distance, far away
- Portuguese: remotamente — at a distance, far away
- Spanish: remotamente — at a distance, far away
- Swedish: på avstånd — at a distance, far away
- Swedish: fjärran — at a distance, far away
- Swedish: fjärr- — at a distance, far away
- German: schwerlich — scarcely, hardly
- German: annähernd — scarcely, hardly
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