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cryp·tic

(krĭp′tĭk) also cryp·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)

adj.

1. Having hidden meaning; mystifying. See Synonyms at mysterious.

2. Secret or occult.

3. Using code or cipher.

4. Biology Tending to conceal or camouflage: cryptic coloring.

[Late Latin crypticus, from Greek kruptikos, from kruptos, hidden, from kruptein, to hide.]

cryp′ti·cal·ly adv.

cryp′tic·ness n.

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Adv.

cryptically - in a cryptic manner; "we will meet again," he said cryptically

enigmatically, mysteriously

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cryptically

[ˈkrɪptɪkəlɪ] ADV → enigmáticamente, de forma críptica

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cryptically

[ˈkrɪptɪk^əli] adv (= mysteriously) [say, reply] → de façon énigmatiquecryptic crossword n → mots mpl croisés (dont les définitions sont données sous forme d'énigmes)

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cryptically

adv → hintergründig, rätselhaft, schleierhaft; cryptically worded (letter, remark) → hintergründig etc formuliert; clue → verschlüsselt formuliert

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cryptically

[ˈkrɪptɪk/əlɪ] adv (see adj) → in modo oscuro, in modo enigmatico

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"How and when, Bunny, you know as well as I do," said he, cryptically. "And at last you shall hear the honest why and wherefore.

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She was some sort of spy, our teacher told us cryptically, and she died for our country.