Dimly, distantly, voices sounded in the stillness. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a distant place; a town three miles distant from here. ,distant centuries past. ,a distant relative. ,a distant greeting. ,I have here a distant letter from Japan. From Dictionary.com.
Sort of ironically or sarcastically polite, or just plain distantly polite, depending on your mood. sergiogomez. From Wordnik.com. [What Were The First Words or Phrases You Learned?] Reference
Murmuring the indispensable banalities I bowed distantly, meaning to observe her impersonally before an encounter. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
Alisa was my cousin - distantly. From Wordnik.com. [What A Country] Reference
Mainwaring and distantly connected with the two cousins. From Wordnik.com. [That Mainwaring Affair] Reference
We could feel the vibration, distantly through the floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Misplaced Battleship] Reference
Dale himself could not have been more distantly respectful. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
For a moment Kerk sat wrapped in memory, scowling distantly. From Wordnik.com. [Deathworld] Reference
French Emperor, to whom he was distantly related, Prince Charles of. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
Miss Fluette acknowledged the mention of my name a little distantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
Amon speaks distantly, his entire focus on the delicate task at hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Bird] Reference
Yes, "she said distantly, apparently struggling to regain the memory.". From Wordnik.com. [Albertine Takes A Tumble] Reference
Are you nearing, in the midst of, or looking distantly back on turning 50?. From Wordnik.com. [Ilaina Edison: Elder Independence: 50? Welcome to the Rest of Your Life] Reference
She and the other woman are cousins and were distantly related to Ellison. From Wordnik.com. [The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air] Reference
The air was colder now, and the trees more distantly spaced, shorter and stunted. From Wordnik.com. [Record of a Living Being] Reference
Gloria looked up and smiled sweetly and distantly as Harold Meedy appeared at her desk. From Wordnik.com. [Hex] Reference
"As it turns out," she says, "I could not have picked a guy more distantly related to me.". From Wordnik.com. [In Our Blood] Reference
The young man's guarded, disconsolate voice comes distantly from Iran on a bad Skype line. From Wordnik.com. [Muzzled Musicians, Meet Your Match] Reference
"I will call for the books I have chosen in an hour;" and then bowed distantly and was gone. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
"I'm afraid I can give you no more information than is already available," she said distantly. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
They risked, however distantly, the prospect of fighting and dying in a war most of them despised. From Wordnik.com. [Sixties: Coming Of Age] Reference
"I'm always glad of company," Nattie said, but a little distantly, as she gave "O. K." on the wire. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
Two young men, distantly related, sons of respectable and wealthy parents, lived in the settlement. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
It is too easy to remain distantly cool to a work, and I applaud Giles for diving in without hesitation. From Wordnik.com. [A Must-Read] Reference
I had sprung to my feet at sight of the intruders and stood distantly in the shadow of the window curtains. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
He bowed to Tom, perhaps a little distantly, for they had not parted the best of friends on a former occasion. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune] Reference
Union, constitutions very distantly related to the British constitution were conferred upon the two provinces. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
All the other villages and towns on the coast stand more or less distantly from it, and cannot be called maritime. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
In his rear were to be seen a pillar and a red velvet curtain, and (distantly) a fine storm of clouds and lightning. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
She presented Grace to the other woman, who did not offer to take the hand Grace extended, but bowed rather distantly. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
"I fear," she said slowly, coldly, and distantly, "I fear we really have intruded where we have no right, Mr. Devant.". From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
It is a shrub distantly related to the vine that produces black pepper, but its qualities are far more complex and profound. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Balick, Ph.D.: Sakau: Powerful Plant From the Pacific Islands] Reference
I distantly thought of the driver up front, who was getting a floor show now, but if Ellen didn't care than neither would I. From Wordnik.com. [Meet Cute] Reference
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