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单词 delphically
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delphicallyadv.

Etymology: < Delphic adj. at Delphian adj. Derivatives: see -ically suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdelphically.
In a manner characteristic of the Delphic oracle; enigmatically, obscurely, prophetically.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adverb]
deeplyc888
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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).
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