enigmatically

/ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪkli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

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"He hurried out, glad to escape, leaving Cora frowning enigmatically under her hair."
""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.""

Etymology tree English enigmatic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English enigmatically From enigmatic + -ally.

more enigmatically (comparative) most enigmatically (superlative) ænigmatically (alternative)

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How do you pronounce enigmatically?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪkli/.

What does enigmatically mean?

Acting in a manner that suggests an enigma.

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