vaguely
vague·ly/ˈveɪɡli/adverb
vaguely is spelled V-A-G-U-E-L-Y: 7 letters and 2 syllables (vague·ly). It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, vaguely means “In a vague manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in vaguely?
| Letters | 7: V-A-G-U-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: vague·ly |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is vaguely?
Vaguely appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce vaguely?
- /ˈveɪɡli/
Vaguely has 2 syllables, split vague·ly in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vaguely.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vaguely
- more vaguely comparative
- most vaguely superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vaguely mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a vague manner.
He looked vaguely around the room, as if lost.
- 2
Loosely; more or less; somewhat.
12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D–perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie–Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous a
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vaguely in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a vague manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vaguement |
| German | vage |
| Portuguese | vagamente |
| Spanish | vagamente, desvaídamente, difuminadamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vaguely come from?
From vague + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).