remotely

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English remote

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English remotely

From remote + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmoʊtli/

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Adverb

remotely (comparative more remotely, superlative most remotely)

1. At a distance, far away.
   • 2021 April 21, Amy Gunia, “What Will Office Life Be Like After the Pandemic? This Australian Fintech Company May Have the Answer”, in Time‎^[1]:

     “We have an accommodation and an acceptance that people will work from home one to two days a week,” says McConnell. But some people work remotely more than others, and she’s empowered her management team to make decisions that work for their direct reports.

2. Not much; scarcely; hardly.

   I'm not remotely in love with you.

Usage notes

• When meaning "scarcely, hardly", remotely is generally used only in the negative; e.g., "not even remotely".

Translations

at a distance, far away

• Bulgarian: далеч (daleč), отдалечено (bg) (otdalečeno)
• Catalan: remotament (ca)
• Czech: vzdáleně
• Finnish: kaukaa (fi), etäältä (fi)
• French: à distance (fr)
• German: entfernt (de)
• Greek: ελάχιστα (el) (eláchista)
• Italian: da remoto
• Portuguese: remotamente (pt)
• Spanish: remotamente
• Swedish: på avstånd (sv), fjärran (sv), fjärr- (sv)

scarcely, hardly

• German: schwerlich (de), annähernd (de)

Anagrams

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