单词 | enigmatically |
释义 | enigmaticallyadv. In an enigmatical manner; after the manner of, or by means of, an enigma; ambiguously, obscurely. ΘΚΠ 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). < adv.1590 |
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