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Collocations for vague - adj.

VERBS

be, look, sound
‘Where did you leave it?’ Isobel looked vague.
become, get
She seems to be getting rather vague as she grows older.
remain | leave sth
The identity of the city in the novel is deliberately left vague.

ADV.

extremely, hopelessly, very
Her directions were hopelessly vague.
a bit, fairly, a little, pretty, quite, rather, somewhat | enough, sufficiently
It was a vague enough concept for the liberals to unite around.
suitably | deliberately, intentionally
You''re being deliberately vague.
necessarily
Since the officers knew little themselves their reassurances were necessarily vague.
inherently
an inherently vague and subjective concept
notoriously
The law is notoriously vague on this point.

PREP.

about
I am vague about what happened during the rest of the night.
as to
I was suitably vague as to exactly how I had acquired the money.
in
The statement was vague in its wording.

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