单词 | mysteriously |
释义 | mysteriouslyadv. In a mysterious manner; so as to create a sense of mystery; inexplicably, enigmatically, obscurely. Also (rare): in the manner of a religious mystery. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [adverb] dighenlichec893 diȝelichec1200 darklyc1350 mysteriously1486 mystically1509 in (a) mystery1526 abstrusely1611 cryptically1663 oracularly1771 occultly1793 pokerishly1854 mystifically1880 sophically1888 sphinxily1889 mystifyingly1937 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [adverb] mysteriouslya1716 1486 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 55 The tyme of this your misteriusly Obteyning as moost worthi your right not regosly. 1616 A. Munday Chrysanaleia sig. C3 This Leman Tree, your Honour may conceit More, then I speake, because mysteriously Some hidden secret thereon doth awayte Knowne to your selfe. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 171 Mahomitan Princes are terrible crafty or mysteriously politicious. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 516 Each Stair mysteriously was meant. View more context for this quotation a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VIII. 141 The blood of that son..so mysteriously, and yet so really, conveyed to us. 1755 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 4) I. ii. iv. 147 Every thing in these rites was mysteriously conducted, and under the most solemn obligations to secrecy. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. vii. 190 What but spirit could have quitted this vault so mysteriously. 1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude i. 8 (note) Physicians' prescriptions may have a better effect for being expressed mysteriously, but legal matters cannot surely be made too clear. 1893 A. Bierce Can Such Things Be? 217 The fire was..projecting spectral shadows on the walls—shadows that moved mysteriously about, now dividing, now uniting. 1934 C. P. Snow Search I. iv. 68 Amicable relations with Desmond seem mysteriously to be an aid to a young man's career. 1995 J. Banville Athena 224 Also her skin has that curiously soiled, muddy sheen to it that I find mysteriously exciting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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