Antonyms for remotely


Grammar : Adv
Spell : ri-moht
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈmoʊt


Definition of remotely

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Middle French remot or directly from Latin remotus "afar off, remote, distant in place," past participle of removere "move back or away" (see remove (v.)). Related: Remotely; remoteness. Remote control "fact of controlling from a distance" is recorded from 1904; as a device which allows this from 1920.
  • As in incidentally : adv by chance
Example sentences :
  • They were sounds not made by his mate, and yet they were remotely familiar.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Then, remotely, faint as distant cannonading, a rumble reached me.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • It was plainly not a medical affair, or at least only remotely so.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • It seemed an insane theory, but no other surmise was remotely reasonable.
  • Extract from : « The Planetoid of Peril » by Paul Ernst
  • For the life of me I cannot realize anything that may, or may not, befall me remotely.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • My husband is remotely connected with them; but there is not much intimacy on account of——.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • The American Revolution was not remotely affected by this habit.
  • Extract from : « Washington and his Comrades in Arms » by George Wrong
  • I believe they were considered of Chinese origins, but how remotely I do not know.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 79, May 3, 1851 » by Various
  • In fact, nothing, no matter how remotely eatable, had escaped them.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Wild » by Jack London
  • They appeared to appertain to what had preceded them but remotely.
  • Extract from : « The Sins of Sverac Bablon » by Sax Rohmer

Synonyms for remotely

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