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ˈdelphically, adv.
[f. Delphic a.: see -ically.]
In a manner characteristic of the Delphic oracle; enigmatically, obscurely, prophetically.
1927Observer 15 May 17/2 More Delphically it [sc. a report] adds that for industrial purposes the general strike can be serviceable only ‘in the hands of men who know how and when to use it’. 1930Blunden Leigh Hunt viii. 106 Hunt had dipped into the future so delphically as to publish the hurried article announcing three ‘Young Poets’ who would do great things. 1960Guardian 27 July 9/1 M. Nkayi merely read out a vague, almost oracular statement... He then fell delphically silent. |