VAGUE, VAGUELY
ADJECTIVES
1605 ► VAPOROUS of persons or minds: inclined to be fanciful, vague, or frothy, in ideas or discourse
1660 ► VAGOUS vagrant or vague; departing from or exceeding just or ordinary bounds → obs.
1818 ► VAPOURY unsubstantial, indefinite, vague
1828 ► YONDERLY distant in manner, reserved, sullen; depressed in health or spirits, gloomy, melancholy; vague, absent-minded; shy, timid; anxious → Eng. dial.
1831 ► NEBULOUS hazy, vague, indistinct, formless
L19.. ► SKETCHY flimsy, insubstantial, vague → sl.
1928 ► BETWEEN HAY AND GRASS vague; indefinite; inconclusive; colourless → Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
1625 ► AT HALF LIGHTS indistinctly, vaguely, dimly
1711 ► BY HALF LIGHTS indistinctly, vaguely, dimly
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