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单词 enigmatically
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enigmaticallyadv.

Brit. /ˌɛnɪɡˈmatᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌɛnɪɡˈmædək(ə)li/
Etymology: < enigmatic adj. + -ly suffix2. N.E.D. (1891) gives the pronunciation as (īnigmæ·tikăli) /iːnɪɡˈmætɪkəlɪ/.
In an enigmatical manner; after the manner of, or by means of, an enigma; ambiguously, obscurely.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adverb]
deeplyc888
highOE
darkOE
dimly?c1225
darklyc1350
mistilya1382
murklya1400
subtlya1500
obscurelya1527
confuselya1530
diffuselyc1530
confusedly?1531
diffusedly1567
difficultly1568
indistinctly1580
enigmatically1590
perplexedly1603
subtilely1605
abstrusely1611
cloudily1651
oracularly1654
perplexly1670
reclusely1673
irrecognizably1841
Pickwickianly1866
delphically1927
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. H4v For yong men tis too soone, for olde men too late to marry: concluding so enigmatically, it were not good to marry at al.
1651 J. French Art Distillation i. 15 Philosophers when they wrote any thing too excellent for the vulgar to know, expressed it enigmatically.
1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §365 He writes..enigmatically and briefly in the following terms.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iii. 43/1 So ends, abruptly as is usual, and enigmatically, this little incipient romance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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