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vague
adjective [-er/-est only] /veɪɡ/Definition
› not clearly stated, described, or explained, or not clearly seen or felt: She had a vague feeling that something had gone terribly wrong. I have only a vague memory of the house where I lived as a child. › A person who is vague is not able or does not wish to state, describe, or explain something clearly: Officials were vague about the ship’s location. vaguely
/ˈveɪɡ·li/ adverb › She stood in silence for several minutes, only vaguely aware of the people around her.
(Definition of vague adjective from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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