Adjective

(er)

Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.

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*2004: , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

*:Throughout the first week of his presidency, Dulles and Bissell continued to brief Kennedy on their strategy for Cuba, but the men were vague and their meetings offered little in the way of hard facts.

Not having a precise meaning.

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Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.

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Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.

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Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.

Lacking expression; vacant.

Not sharply outlined; hazy.

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./1/2

, passage=He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.}}

Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.

*Sir (c.1564-1627)

*:to set upon the vague villains

*(John Keats) (1795-1821)

*:She danced along with vague , regardless eyes.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.

*, Bk.V:

*:‘Alas,’ sayde Sir Cadore, ‘now carefull is myne herte that now lyeth dede my cosyn that I beste loved.’

(obsolete) Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled.

*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:

*:Where through long watch, and late daies weary toile, / She soundly slept, and carefull thoughts did quite assoile.

Having care (for); attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.

:He was a slow and careful driver.

Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.

:They made a careful search of the crime scene.