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Enigmatically

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en·ig·mat·ic  (ng-mtk) or en·ig·mat·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
Of or resembling an enigma; puzzling: a professor's enigmatic grading system. See Synonyms at ambiguous.
[Greek ainigmatikos, from ainigma, ainigmat-, riddle; see enigma.]
enig·mati·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.enigmatically - in a cryptic manner; "we will meet again," he said cryptically
cryptically, mysteriously


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" She remains simply "missing"; she has disappeared enigmatically into a mystery of fate as big as the world, where your imagination of a brother-sailor, of a fellow-servant and lover of ships, may range unchecked.
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