All are agreed that the orang-utan is the great ape most distantly connected with man.

There was a short civil war till we got a new one, who's only distantly connected to the old royal house.

My father's family are of Plantagenet descent; we are only very distantly connected to the present house.

You see, there's always been talk in my family that we're distantly connected with the Royal Family!' '

But Mr. Parker makes sure that the motive for the murder is distantly connected to American destiny.

He returns home deeply mistrustful of Yussuf, who is distantly connected to the incident and has in any case lied to his co-worker about something small.

In 1895 it was turned over to a family distantly connected with ours.

Others were inspired but more distantly connected.