单词 | delphically |
释义 | delphicallyadv. In a manner characteristic of the Delphic oracle; enigmatically, obscurely, prophetically. 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 1927 Observer 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’. 1930 E. Blunden 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. 1960 Guardian 27 July 9/1 M. Nkayi merely read out a vague, almost oracular statement... He then fell delphically silent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adv.1927 |
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