enigmatically
1
8.3
- adverb
- /ɪˈnɪɡmətɪkli/
:
enigmáticamente
- "What about your old people?" Fine smiled enigmatically and shook his head.
- smiled enigmatically
- said enigmatically
- added enigmatically
Examples
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The painting hung enigmatically on the wall, its meaning eluding all who gazed upon it.
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"What do you want to show me?" Lane smiled enigmatically.
Fiction book (1991) -
But it was not what you might think," she added enigmatically, "living with a man.
Fiction book (1991) -
The nurse catches them watching her, smiles enigmatically back at them, and leaves.
Fiction book (1996) -
I am enigmatically distant and fashionably late.
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Hawk turns to gaze at the enigmatically familiar figure.
Fiction book (1991) -
"What are you going to do with him now?" Lord Sixx smiled enigmatically.
Fiction book (1992) -
My hostess waved her hands enigmatically in the air and covered her eyes before saying the blessing.
Academic text (2010) -
Loomis's eyes are drawn enigmatically to the infant in Tommy's arms.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Just wait and see," Craig said enigmatically and went to whisper something in Billy Sprague's ear.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
67
4.6
In a way that is strange and hard to understand
31
4.1
In a strange or unexpected way
5
6.9
In a way that is strange, surprising, and hard to explain
3
8.1
In a way that hides the true meaning
3
4.0
In a way that makes it hard to understand
2
7.7
In a way that is not clear and hard to understand
2
8.1
In a way that is very hard to understand
1
8.4
In a way that is very surprising and hard to understand
1
6.9
In a way that people cannot understand
1
8.2
In a confusing way that makes something hard to understand
1
9.6
In a way that hides what someone feels and is hard to understand
1
8.0
In a way that is confusing and hard to understand
1
7.9
In a way that makes something hard to understand
1
6.1
In a way that is confusing and hard to understand
1
7.9
In a way that is hard to understand
1
8.4
In a way that is very confusing and hard to understand
In a way that is hard to find, catch, or understand
In a way that makes something hard to understand
Antonyms
How Mysterious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enigmatically comes from enigma, which comes from a Greek word for 'riddle'. So to act enigmatically is to act 'like a riddle' — mysterious and hard to understand.