distantly
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
adv
In a distant manner; with detachment.
Example Sentences
- "The horizon was distantly visible in the grey light of dawn."
- "We could distantly make out figures dancing in the village square."
- "I’m distantly related to the truly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing."
- ""What do you want?" she said distantly."
- ""Don't go," he implored. "I must," said Millie distantly."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin distō Latin distānsder. Old French distantbor. Middle English distaunt English distant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English distantly From distant + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more distantly (comparative)
most distantly (superlative)