Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a remote manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb At a distance, far away.
  • adverb Not much; scarcely; hardly.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb to a remote degree
  • adverb in a remote manner

Etymologies

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remote +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Not far from the Wright exhibit at the Air and Space Museum, you can find an exhibit featuring five different drones - the Air Force prefers the term remotely piloted aircraft.

    News 2011

  • Not far from the Wright exhibit at the Air and Space Museum, you can find an exhibit featuring five different drones - the Air Force prefers the term remotely piloted aircraft.

    News 2011

  • Not far from the Wright exhibit at the Air and Space Museum, you can find an exhibit featuring five different drones - the Air Force prefers the term remotely piloted aircraft.

    News 2011

  • The title remotely suggests that twitter had something to do with his death.

    TechCrunch 2009

  • The title remotely suggests that twitter had something to do with his death.

    TechCrunch 2009

  • The title remotely suggests that twitter had something to do with his death.

    TechCrunch 2009

  • My goal is to find something in remotely similar scale – robots, retro sf themed .. and make a skirmish game out of these figures.

    Of Coups and Cowboy Hats; my Fall-IN! 2009 Travelogue « Third Point of Singularity 2009

  • The position will works remotely from the corporate office (unless lives within 25 miles of Irvine California).

    stonetable.org » 2009 » April 2009

  • The position will works remotely from the corporate office (unless lives within 25 miles of Irvine California).

    stonetable.org » Hiring: Sr. Developer 2009

  • Personally, I have not seen any element in that presentation that remotely is revolutionary.

    Gen Y Management Concept Update - NASA Watch 2009

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