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Definition of Distantly
1. Adverb. From or at a distance. "Dimly, distantly, voices sounded in the stillness"
Definition of Distantly
1. adv. At a distance; remotely; with reserve.
Definition of Distantly
1. Adverb. In a distant manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distantly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distantly
Literary usage of Distantly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Still more distantly related to him, as it were standing in an outer circle, are
the imposing forms of Gorgias and Protagoras, surrounded with the lesser ..."
2. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1847)
"... have so distantly hinted; but I am really at a loss, on account of not knowing
the officers better, to find one upon whose discretion I can depend. ..."
3. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"... that each was composed of orbs so distantly located, but so thickly clustered,
that the light from them ran into one luminous sheet. ..."
4. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1896)
"distantly serrate in the upper half, tapering into the petiole below, glabrous,
bright green and shining above, paler beneath, thinly glandular on both ..."
5. Chosön; the Land of the Morning Calm: A Sketch of Korea by Percival Lowell (1886)
"They are distantly related to each other, and are still more remotely connected
with the Manchus, the Mongols, and probably the Tartars, particularly so ..."
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