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单词 mysteriously
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mysteriouslyadv.

Brit. /mᵻˈstɪərɪəsli/, U.S. /məˈstɪriəsli/
Forms: see mysterious adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mysterious adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < mysterious adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare Middle French, French mystérieusement (1461).
In a mysterious manner; so as to create a sense of mystery; inexplicably, enigmatically, obscurely. Also (rare): in the manner of a religious mystery.
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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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