distantly

From distant +‎ -ly.

• Audio (US):

  (file)

distantly (comparative more distantly, superlative most distantly)

1. At a distance.

   The horizon was distantly visible in the grey light of dawn.

   • 2014 August 20, Mark Potok, “What’s in a Name?”, in Southern Poverty Law Center‎^[1]:

     I’m distantly related to the truly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing.

2. In a distant manner; with detachment.

   "What do you want?" she said distantly.

   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 116:

     "Don't go," he implored. "I must," said Millie distantly.