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单词 obscurely
释义
obscurely
adverb
uk
/əbˈskjʊə.li/us
/əbˈskjʊr.li/

obscurelyadverb(NOT KNOWN)

in a way that is notknownabout by manypeople:
Shediedobscurely in herhousein thecountry.
They hadlivedobscurely in Illinois for fortyyears.
More examples
  • Themuseumis obscurelytuckedaway in aresidentialdistrict.
  • She had written a fewshortstories, obscurelypublishedinliteraryjournals.
  • Hespurnedfameandspenthislifequietlyand obscurely, in the wilds of Montana.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unknown and unfamiliar
  • alien
  • alienly
  • alienness
  • anti-foreign
  • anti-foreigner
  • moody
  • murky/uncharted watersidiom
  • not be insomeone'svocabularyidiom
  • obscure
  • obscurity
  • shadowy
  • TBD
  • terra incognita
  • the outside worldidiom
  • uncharted
  • uncommon
  • undefined
  • unsung
  • untried
  • unused
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obscurelyadverb(NOT CLEAR)

in a way that is notclearor isdifficulttounderstandorsee:
费解地，晦涩地；模糊地，朦胧地；不清楚地
Theofficialstatementwas obscurelyworded.官方声明措辞含糊。
"You may not have tolookfar," Mike said, obscurely.“你可能不必找太久，”迈克含糊地说。
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obscure
More examples
  • She was making mefeelobscurelyuneasy.
  • Itbecameobscurelydifficulttodeterminewho was toblame.
  • He referred obscurely to a "sinisterplot".
  • Hefelt, obscurely, that this was somesortofwarning.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Difficult to understand
  • abstruse
  • ambiguity
  • ambiguous
  • ambiguously
  • antinomy
  • esoteric
  • fathomless
  • garble
  • get it into your thick headidiom
  • impalpable
  • impenetrable
  • indiscernible
  • labyrinthine
  • lost
  • non-intuitive
  • obscurity
  • oracular
  • prolix
  • wasted onsomeoneidiom
  • word salad
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(Definition ofobscurelyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
obscurely
adverb
uk
/əbˈskjʊə.li/us
/əbˈskjʊr.li/

obscurelyadverb(NOT CLEAR)

in a way that is notclearor isdifficulttounderstandorsee
费解地，晦涩地；模糊地，朦胧地；不清楚地
Theofficialstatementwas obscurelyworded.官方声明措辞含糊。
"You may not have tolookfar," Mike said, obscurely.“你可能不必找太久，”迈克含糊地说。
See
obscure
More examples
  • She was making mefeelobscurelyuneasy.
  • Itbecameobscurelydifficulttodeterminewho was toblame.
  • He referred obscurely to a "sinisterplot".
  • Hefelt, obscurely, that this was somesortofwarning.

Examplesofobscurely

obscurely
It was, ratherobscurely, placed under 'symptoms and ill-defined conditions referable to the nervous system'.
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By whichever approach was used, irreversibility has entered here, although somewhatobscurely.
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Perhaps, lessobscurely, you may have wished how to establish if a rock is a syenite or a gabbro.
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We should have the exact questionnaire before us and so be able to point out the lacunae or the things that areobscurelyworded.
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On the face of it, it is a somewhatobscurelydrafted provision.
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According to the memorandum, they will get what is ratherobscurelycalled "appropriate status".
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The other grave issues, which are notobscurelyinvolved, are indirect issues or consequences, after all.
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It is however veryobscurelydrafted and unnecessary.
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Much of the excess mortality was due to epidemic diseasesobscurelyconnected with seasons of drought and privation.
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It was referred to, ratherobscurely, in an appendix to the report.
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I would also agree that this isobscurelydrafted, and could be more plain.
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Why do we have to stick in the negative and try to produce the same result moreobscurely?
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There was then produced a body of evidence on this point which has been ratherobscurelyreferred to to-day.
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It is a rather obscure matter to us and it is ratherobscurelydrawn in the legislation.
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He charged him, not with speakingobscurely, but with not speaking the truth.
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