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vagamente

vaguely

adverb vah-gah-MEN-teh Rare
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Also means

dimly

Usage Note

Vagamente softens a description, often conveying that something resembles or recalls something else without being fully so: mi ricorda vagamente qualcuno ('it vaguely reminds me of someone'). It is more literary than the colloquial un po'.

Examples

"La scena mi ricorda vagamente un sogno."

Natural Translation

The scene vaguely reminds me of a dream.

Literal Translation

The scene to-me reminds vaguely a dream.

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