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comparative more enigmatically, superlative most enigmatically
Acting in a manner that suggests an enigma. quotations examples
He hurried out, glad to escape, leaving Cora frowning enigmatically under her hair.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, page 234
Behaving mysteriously or strangely. quotations examples
"Leila!" she said enigmatically. "Have you seen her?" / "I went to her flat last week with Dad—he likes her." / "Delilah is her real name, you know. All men like her. And Captain Fort is her lover."
1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, part III, 1 §, page 220
Functioning in a way that is unexplainable. examples