mysteriously
adverbattested in dialogue
- United States
In a mysterious manner.
adverb
- 1
In a mysterious manner.
Fore-shadows, call them rather fore-splendours, of that Truth, and Beginning of Truths, fell mysteriously over my soul.
'Are there any hares about here?' I asked. 'Well, there are some left to be sure,' answered the peasant; 'on the Sukkestad-moor there is an old jack-hare, which many a hound and sportsman have been after, but he is not so easily killed, it appears.' And the worthy peasant shook his head somewhat mysteriously.
I put my finger to the side of my nose and nodded mysteriously.
At that moment a long, scraggy individual in a checked suit poked his head into the bar, looked around portentously, whistled mysteriously to my informant, and jerked his thumb and head in the direction of the door.
Etymology
From Middle English misteriusly, equivalent to mysterious + -ly.
Forms
- comparative
- more mysteriously
- superlative
- most mysteriously