Contextualizebeta

nebulously

adv
/ˈnɛb.jʊ.ləs.li/UK

Etymology

From nebulous + -ly.

  1. derived from *nébʰos✻
  2. derived from nebulōsus
  3. derived from nebuleus
  4. suffixed as nebulously — “nebulous + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a manner like that of a cloud or haze.

    • The vapour drifted nebulously into the hall.

  2. As if viewed through a cloud or haze.

  3. Vaguely, without clear purpose or specific intention.

    • He waved his hand nebulously in the direction he intended to go.
    • 'I see, nebulously as yet, a certain explanation that would cover the facts as we know them.'

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nebulously. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA