[
UK
/mɪstˈiəɹɪəsli/
]
[ US /ˌmɪsˈtɪɹiəsɫi, ˌmɪsˈtɪɹjəsɫi/ ]
[ US /ˌmɪsˈtɪɹiəsɫi, ˌmɪsˈtɪɹjəsɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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in a cryptic manner
`we will meet again', he said cryptically
How To Use mysteriously In A Sentence
- Along the rocky paths Buddhist monks appear like ghosts and vanish mysteriously into the trees.
- But I suppose it was too much to expect for him to have a black, twirly moustache and for her to cackle mysteriously from beneath an impenetrable black shroud.
- Covered with mysteriously indented curves and sinuous ridges, the sculpture invites comment and touch.
- Theo was in the depths of despair as it was ten years to the day that his beautiful wife died, somewhat mysteriously.
- He would smile mysteriously at her, or look at her with a new kind of interest that made her feel awkward and clumsy around him.
- Whether Godzilla’s attacking, a meteor is about to hit Metropolis or every car in town has mysteriously turned bright pink, a journalist will have something to do. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Common Superhero Day Jobs, Part 1
- A photographic survey spanning the career of the pioneering American known for his bold use of colour and his vivid and mysteriously poetic images. Times, Sunday Times
- A guy known mysteriously as "GST" e-mailed me about my article.
- Those servers (which were lodged in the basement of a bank in Chattanooga, Tennessee) mysteriously "malfunctioned" during a critical period in the deep night of the election when a 200,000-vote exit poll margin for John Kerry somehow morphed into a victory for Bush/Rove. Harvey Wasserman: Do the Neo-Cons Need Karl Rove When They Can Count on the Democrats?
- There have been cases in which men have been mysteriously excruciated with the thought of having committed the unpardonable sin. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series