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mystically

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mys·ti·cal  (mst-kl)
adj.
1. Of or having a spiritual reality or import not apparent to the intelligence or senses.
2. Of, relating to, or stemming from direct communion with ultimate reality or God: a mystical religion.
3. Enigmatic; obscure: mystical theories about the securities market.
4. Of or relating to mystic rites or practices.
5. Unintelligible; cryptic.
mysti·cal·ly adv.
mysti·cal·ness n.
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Adv.1.mystically - in a mystical manner; "chant mystically"


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And as that famous great tierce is mystically carved in front, so the whale's vast plaited forehead forms innumerable strange devices for the emblematical adornment of his wondrous tun.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
I spoke to her of power and pride, But mystically - in such guise That she might deem it nought beside The moment's converse; in her eyes I read, perhaps too carelessly - A mingled feeling with my own - The flush on her bright cheek, to me Seem'd to become a queenly throne Too well that I should let it be Light in the wilderness alone.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
But I must say that he is not at all mystically inclined.
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