Antonyms for remotely

Grammar : Adv

Spell : ri-moht

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈmoʊt

purposely

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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