He looked vaguely familiar.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective, : vague promises. ,a vague premonition of disaster. ,vague shapes in the dark; vague murmurs behind a door. ,a vague rumor; The date of his birth is vague. ,vague about his motives; a vague person. ,a vague stare.    From Dictionary.com. 

An expression vaguely reminiscent of appreciation crossed her face.    From Wordnik.com.  [String Theory, Book 3: Evolution] Reference

Just because the articles you linked to are using the term vaguely doesn't mean that I am.    From Wordnik.com.  [FriendFeed - georgeh] Reference

The last translation used a term vaguely familiar to Alex.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Starfighter]

In my youth people sometimes called me a poet, and though they employed the term vaguely and at random, yet it was not wholly unjustified.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bride of Dreams] Reference

The seasons come and go, again vaguely personified.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monday] Reference

He remembered the name vaguely as one of some old friend of the family.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference

We're still talking about it to this day in vaguely horrified but worshipful tones.    From Wordnik.com.  [5 Questions with Tobias S. Buckell] Reference

McCain vaguely suggest Iraq withdrawal after his "first term" in 2013 .... hmmmm ... sound familiar?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steelworkers union backs Obama] Reference

As an example I highlight he muslim's who are get upset at anything that vaguely is rude about their cult.    From Wordnik.com.  [I`m not a racist but......] Reference

Basically every Southern Blue Dog is going to lose … and I include people in vaguely safe seats like Jim Cooper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Generic Ballot Points to Giant House GOP Win in 2010] Reference

Former Treasury Secretary Rubin vaguely warned that China's ascendance may backfire in the not-too-distant future.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New World Order Of Global Markets] Reference

Why is it that ghosts always seem to appear as pale and/or skeletal apparitions in vaguely nineteenth-century apparel?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is That Legal?: Oddities Archives] Reference

Afghan men tended to wear their scarves atop their heads in vaguely muffin-shaped bundles or around their necks with aviator flair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt: God Lives In St. Petersburg by Tom Bissell] Reference

I recall him vaguely from the 1997 season with the Red Sox — a right-hander, who at 6-foot-6 appeared too lanky for his funky motion.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Borland's story is welcome good news] Reference

Not given to Ross to use as a platform from which to not negotiate with Iran, while meddling in vaguely defined ways throughout the region.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Dennis Ross is So Very Special] Reference

He recalled vaguely from the map where he was now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kaz the Minotaur]

For an explanation of what I have here called vaguely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essays] Reference

Well, they're not so much known as vaguely remembered.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Palinode's Palace] Reference

It's easy to call vaguely for humanitarian assistance or for military action.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reason Magazine - Hit & Run] Reference

I recall vaguely coming semi-awake once and hearing a voice say, 'He can take more.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Past Through Tomorrow]

Hunding recalls vaguely wild dark tales he has heard of the mighty pair, the Wölfingen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wagnerian Romances] Reference

The kitchen, she recalled vaguely, was at the far end of that huge open living space ….    From Wordnik.com.  [Mistress for a Weekend]

I recall vaguely about the incondescents being banned but didn't know it was set in stone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

A piaster was a lowdenomination Egyptian coin vaguely equivalent in value to an American penny.    From Wordnik.com.  [From This Beloved Hour]

He recalled vaguely that he was supposed to take Bane back to Arianus, start the machine working.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hand of Chaos]

His curly white hair and the general character of his head recalled vaguely a burly apostle in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes on Life and Letters] Reference

They recalled vaguely a young Spaniard who said that he was the captain's son and was making inquiries about him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel] Reference

Sylvia had that curious gift, abstract beauty, the sort of beauty that recalls vaguely some ideal or antique memory.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Twelfth Hour] Reference

Miss Martha recalled vaguely a quotation concerning the swiftness with which a start in deceit becomes a tangled web.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Opened Shutters] Reference

He called vaguely for "a new kind of leadership" and "a new kind of governance," less ego-driven and celebrity-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caught In Clinton's Shadow] Reference

He recalled vaguely that something had been said of the overpowering perfumes of the garden at that hour, that the lively.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bell-Ringer of Angel's] Reference

Now something in the mountains here called vaguely to the soul of young Hampton and made him restless and stirred his heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judith of Blue Lake Ranch] Reference

The whole cast is clothed in what could called vaguely modern dress that still manages to cleverly evoke a more distant past.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Following this I recall vaguely being given to drink of a glass containing milk -- milk of a most peculiar odour and pungent taste.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fibble, D.D.] Reference