MYSTERIOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mysteriously mean? 

• MYSTERIOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb MYSTERIOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. in a cryptic manner

  Familiarity information: MYSTERIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYSTERIOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a cryptic manner

Synonyms:

cryptically; enigmatically; mysteriously

Context example:

'we will meet again', he said cryptically

Pertainym:

mysterious (of an obscure nature)

 Context examples 

Globally important ocean algae called coccolithophores are mysteriously scarce in one of the most productive regions of the Atlantic Ocean.

(Study reveals changing patterns in globally important algae, National Science Foundation)

"Mademoiselle is a fairy," he said, whispering mysteriously.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Miss Lavinia peeps in, and tells me mysteriously that she will not be long.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It had been no easy matter when he first drifted in mysteriously out of nowhere to their little mountain cottage.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

For some unknown reason, prompted mysteriously, I did not undress, but lay down fully clothed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen," observed Jo mysteriously.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

To retire to bed, however, unsatisfied on such a point, would be vain, since sleep must be impossible with the consciousness of a cabinet so mysteriously closed in her immediate vicinity.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Knightley does nothing mysteriously.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Maria, with worshipful eyes that none the less were keen to note the texture of Ruth's garments and the cut of them (a cut unknown that produced an effect mysteriously beautiful), saw her to the carriage.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Elinor said no more; it immediately struck her that she must then be writing to Willoughby; and the conclusion which as instantly followed was, that, however mysteriously they might wish to conduct the affair, they must be engaged.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)