distantly

comparative more distantly · superlative most distantly

1. At a distance.

   The horizon was distantly visible in the grey light of dawn.

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   We could distantly make out figures dancing in the village square.

   I’m distantly related to the truly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing.

   2014 August 20, Mark Potok, “What’s in a Name?”, in Southern Poverty Law Center

2. In a distant manner; with detachment.

   "What do you want?" she said distantly.

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   "Don't go," he implored. "I must," said Millie distantly.

   1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 116

   Synonyms: aloofly