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Synonyms for obscurely

Grammar : Adv
Spell : uhb-skyoor
Phonetic Transcription : əbˈskyʊər

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Définition of obscurely

Origin :
  • c.1400, "dark," figuratively "morally unenlightened; gloomy," from Old French obscur, oscur "dark, clouded, gloomy; dim, not clear" (12c.) and directly from Latin obscurus "dark, dusky, shady," figuratively "unknown; unintelligible; hard to discern; from insignificant ancestors," from ob "over" (see ob-) + -scurus "covered," from PIE *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see sky). Related: Obscurely.
  • adv dimly
Example sentences :
  • Obscurely wounded in his pride, he tried to wound them in return.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • Obscurely, no doubt, there was something about a woman in it.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • The little burro, now obscurely melancholic, grazed in the meadow.
  • Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper
  • He only felt it obscurely to be his real personality—the true—and, perhaps, the absurd.
  • Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
  • This work of mental exaltation was brought about obscurely but surely.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. » by Guy de Maupassant
  • The story of the woman's youth was remembered against her, if obscurely.
  • Extract from : « Two Sides of the Face » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • Alas, that we should vibrate so obscurely to these harmonies of earth and heaven!
  • Extract from : « New Italian sketches » by John Addington Symonds
  • To Gwenlyn he said obscurely, "I'm glad I didn't know you sooner."
  • Extract from : « Talents, Incorporated » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • Vaguely and obscurely do we all feel the pressure of these deep and secret impulses.
  • Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
  • He had alluded, rapidly, obscurely, to some knowledge at his command "surer than man's."
  • Extract from : « A Strange Story, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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