[ adv ] in a dim indistinct manner <adv.all> we perceived the change only dimly
Indistinctly \In`dis*tinct"ly\ ([i^]n`d[i^]s*t[i^][ng]kt"l[y^]), adv. In an indistinct manner; not clearly; confusedly; dimly; as, certain ideas are indistinctly comprehended.
In its sides it was bounded distinctly, but on its ends confusedly and indistinctly. --Sir I. Newton.