remotely

1. 1.

   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”
2. 2.

   to a remote degree

   “it is remotely possible”

Questions about remotely

What does remotely mean?

remotely means "in a remote manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in remotely?

remotely has 3 syllables: remo-te-ly. The stress falls on "te". In IPA it is /ɹiˈmoʊtli/.

Is remotely a common word?

remotely is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.