enigmatically
Acting in a manner that suggests an enigma.
Adverb
- Acting in a manner that suggests an enigma.
- 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, →OCLC, page 234:
- Behaving mysteriously or strangely.
- "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...
- Functioning in a way that is unexplainable.
Origin
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.