Definition of "distantly"

distantly

adverb
comparative more distantly, superlative most distantly
1. At a distance.
2. In a distant manner; with detachment.
  Quotations
  "Don't go," he implored. "I must," said Millie distantly.
  1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 116