distantly(副词):遥远地;疏远地;冷淡地;也可指不太直接地、间接地(如“仅有些许关联”)。
/ˈdɪstəntli/
She waved distantly from the other side of the street.
她在街的另一边远远地挥了挥手。
He listened distantly, as if his mind were somewhere else, and answered only after a long pause.
他心不在焉地听着,仿佛思绪飘到了别处,沉默了很久才回答。
distantly 来自形容词 distant(遥远的、疏远的),而 distant 源于拉丁语 *distant-*(来自 distare,“站在……之外、相距”),由 **dis-**(分开)+ stare(站立)构成;加上副词后缀 -ly 形成“以……方式”的含义,因此表示“以遥远/疏离的方式”。