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Mysteriously

Mysteriously \Mys*te"ri*ous*ly\, adv. In a mysterious manner.

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mysteriously

adv. In a mysterious manner

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mysteriously
  1. adv. in a mysterious way; "the book had been mysteriously moved from its customary place"

  2. in a cryptic manner; "we will meet again," he said cryptically [syn: cryptically, enigmatically]

Usage examples of "mysteriously".

Nilus mysteriously rose, broke its banks and spread a coat of thick, black mud replete with nutrition over the fields of that strange kingdom, seven hundred miles long but only four or five miles wide except for the anabranch valley of Ta-she and Lake Moeris, and the Delta.

Every year at the beginning of summer, Nilus mysteriously rose, broke its banks and spread a coat of thick, black mud replete with nutrition over the fields of that strange kingdom, seven hundred miles long but only four or five miles wide except for the anabranch valley of Ta-she and Lake Moeris, and the Delta.

Likewise, the Swords gradually disappeared, one by one, until finally, the last of the mythical blades slipped mysteriously into the annals of history, three thousand years ago.

If you ask me how Brahman and atman relate precisely, I would say in the same way the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit relate: mysteriously.

With the horned moon hooked round the topmost limb, And the owl awatch on the branch below, What is the song of the winds that blow Through your boughs so mysteriously?

Beyond, colossal flights of stone stairs stretch mysteriously away among cryptomeria groves, above which tower the Nikkosan mountains.

The jewels that had been stolen from the merchant were largely retained by the Bagrees, though the Dewan found, one night, very mysteriously, a magnificent string of pearls on his pillow.

Jeep upon the station, acquired mysteriously by Wing Commander Dobbie and retained by him for his personal use.

Nobody was to touch those dumplings my niang left at the centre of the table, but they always mysteriously disappeared overnight.

She lowered her voice mysteriously, and clutched hold of Dumpty, who could not help shrieking.

For there, he knew, he might encounter Foy, the insidious slayer who had so mysteriously escaped after The Shadow had wounded him.

The Uriah Heep of Funeral Homes mysteriously and quickly summoned the owner, who entered from a back door.

I took you to Wytch Heath and if my pursuers were mysteriously lost on the journey, I feel nothing but grateful.

Five diamonds had mysteriously become cubic zirconia, and yes it was an entirely stupid thing to do, because the substitution was bound to be discovered almost at once, and you knew it would be.

Five diamonds had mysteriously become cubic zirconia, and yes, it was an entirely stupid thing to do, because the substitution was bound to be discovered almost at once, and you knew it would be.