Meaning

(uncountable) Vagueness, the condition of being vague..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) Vagueness, the condition of being vague.
2. (countable) A vagueness, a thing which is vague, an example of vagueness.
3. (countable, in the plural) Misspelling of vagary.

Example Sentences

As a matter of fact, the particular breadth and vaguery of residual all-British consciousness decays more readily into racialism than into a defined, territorially restricted nationalism.

[…] this badge of rivalry and intrusion, and of the vaguery and vacillation which restrain them through dread of danger.

The wording of diplomatic agreements and protocols is often deliberately designed either to soothe ruffled feathers — while pursuing an otherwise ruthless course — or to give assurance in sufficiently vague form that the vaguery might afterwards be exploited to diminish the effect of the assurances.

There is a sharp and effective contrast between the incisiveness and energy of his speech and the vaguery and haziness he is attacking.

Incumbent on the quest for vaguery are frustration and unrequited desire; complete accessibility is inherently denied as part of its most basic definition.

Some were indeed powerful men belonging to powerful families, exercising authority and influence, but the vagueries of colonial economic conditions made their holdings precarious.

Yet whatever their faith in the importance of a politicized citizenry, the framers of the Indian Constitution left little to the vagueries of mass political participation.

Word Forms

• vagueries

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When Should You Use Vaguery?

Use vaguery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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