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Webster 1828 Edition

, adv.

At a distance in space or time; not nearly.

At a distance in consanguinity or affinity.

Slightly; in a small degree; as, to be remotely affected by an event.

remotely ‎(comparative more remotely, superlative most remotely)

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

at a distance, far away