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

obscurelyadverb (NOT KNOWN)


in a way that is not known about by many people: 隐晦地
She died obscurely in her house in the country.她默默无闻地死在乡下的家中。
They had lived obscurely in Illinois for forty years.他们在伊利诺伊州默默无闻地生活了四十年。
The museum is obscurely tucked away in a residential district.
She had written a few short stories, obscurely published in literary journals.
He spurned fame and spent his life quietly and obscurely, in the wilds of Montana.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Unknown and unfamiliar
a pig in a pokeidiom
alien
alienly
alienness
anti-foreign
anti-foreigner
not be in someone's vocabularyidiom
obscure
obscurity
pig
shadowy
the outside worldidiom
unchartered
uncommon
uncracked
undefined
unexplored
unsung
untried
unused

obscurelyadverb (NOT CLEAR)


in a way that is not clear or is difficult to understand or see: 费解地,晦涩地;模糊地,朦胧地;不清楚地
The official statement was obscurely worded.官方声明措辞含糊。
"You may not have to look far," Mike said, obscurely.“你可能不必找太久,”迈克含糊地说。
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obscure
She was making me feel obscurely uneasy.
It became obscurely difficult to determine who was to blame.
He referred obscurely to a "sinister plot".
He felt, obscurely, that this was some sort of warning.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Difficult to understand
abstruse
abstrusely
ambiguity
ambiguous
ambiguously
esoteric
esoterically
fathomless
fathomlessly
garble
it's all Greek to meidiom
labyrinthine
lost
non-intuitive
obscurity
unreadable
verbiage
verbosely
verbosity
wasted on someoneidiom

Examples of obscurely


obscurely
It was, rather obscurely, placed under 'symptoms and ill-defined conditions referable to the nervous system'.
By whichever approach was used, irreversibility has entered here, although somewhat obscurely.
Perhaps, less obscurely, you may have wished how to establish if a rock is a syenite or a gabbro.
We should have the exact questionnaire before us and so be able to point out the lacunae or the things that are obscurely worded.
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On the face of it, it is a somewhat obscurely drafted provision.
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According to the memorandum, they will get what is rather obscurely called "appropriate status".
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The other grave issues, which are not obscurely involved, are indirect issues or consequences, after all.
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It is however very obscurely drafted and unnecessary.
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Much of the excess mortality was due to epidemic diseases obscurely connected with seasons of drought and privation.
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It was referred to, rather obscurely, in an appendix to the report.
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I would also agree that this is obscurely drafted, 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 more obscurely?
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There was then produced a body of evidence on this point which has been rather obscurely referred to to-day.
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It is a rather obscure matter to us and it is rather obscurely drawn in the legislation.
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He charged him, not with speaking obscurely, but with not speaking the truth.
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