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Expression: "Vaguely British accent"



 
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Expression: "Vaguely British accent" #1 (permalink) Thu Apr 10, 2008 21:15 pm   Expression: "Vaguely British accent"
 

Hi

Could you please tell me the meaning of "vaguely" in this sentence?

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She was speaking in her vaguely British accent.


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Expression: "Vaguely British accent" #2 (permalink) Thu Apr 10, 2008 22:42 pm   Expression: "Vaguely British accent"
 

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'Not distinctly'
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