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# distantly

adverb (more distantly, most distantly)

«distantly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Not closely; only slightly or loosely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distantly/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories two people who are related or linked only at a far remove

### Examples

- They were distantly related. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distantly/#x1)
- The song sounded distantly familiar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distantly/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «distantly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distantly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«distantly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/distantly.html) on Mova free.