Meanings
adverbnebulously (comparative more nebulously, superlative most nebulously)
comparative more nebulously · superlative most nebulously
- As if viewed through a cloud or haze.
- Vaguely, without clear purpose or specific intention.
He waved his hand nebulously in the direction he intended to go.
1 more example
'I see, nebulously as yet, a certain explanation that would cover the facts as we know them.'
1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 218
Origin
Translations
Finnish utuisesti, epämääräisesti
- utuisestias if viewed through a cloud or haze
- epämääräisestivaguely
German neblig, nebulös
- nebligas if viewed through a cloud or haze
- nebulösvaguely
Hungarian homályosan, elmosódottan
- homályosanas if viewed through a cloud or haze
- elmosódottanas if viewed through a cloud or haze
- bizonytalanulvaguely
Polish mgliście, mgliście
- mgliściein a manner like that of a cloud or haze
- mgliścieas if viewed through a cloud or haze
- mgliścievaguely
Swedish suddigt, oklart
- suddigtin a manner like that of a cloud or haze
- oklartin a manner like that of a cloud or haze
- nebulärtin a manner like that of a cloud or haze
- suddigtas if viewed through a cloud or haze
- oklartvaguely
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APA
nebulously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nebulously
MLA
“nebulously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nebulously. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nebulously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nebulously.
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