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English Dictionary: remotely	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remotely adv in a remote manner; "when the measured speech of the chorus passes over into song the tones are, remotely but unmistakably, those taught by the orthodox liturgy" to a remote degree; "it is remotely possible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Remote \Remote"\ (r?-m?t"), a. [Compar. {Remoter} (-?r); superl. {Remotest}.] [L. remotus, p. p. of removere to remove. See {Remove}.] 1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. Places remote enough are in Bohemia. --Shak. Remote from men, with God he passed his days. --Parnell. 2. Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses. Specifically: (a) Not agreeing; alien; foreign. [bd]All these propositions, how remote soever from reason.[b8] --Locke. (b) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity. (c) Separate; abstracted. [bd]Wherever the mind places itself by any thought, either amongst, or remote from, all bodies.[b8] --Locke. (d) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant. [bd]From the effect to the remotest cause.[b8] --Granville. (e) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance. 3. (Bot.) Separated by intervals greater than usual. -- {Remote"ly}, adv. -- {Re*mote"ness}, n.