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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
enigmatic + -ally
Adverb
enigmatically (comparative more enigmatically, superlative most enigmatically)
- Acting in a manner that suggests an enigma.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 234:He hurried out, glad to escape, leaving Cora frowning enigmatically under her hair.
- Behaving mysteriously or strangely.
1919 October, John Galsworthy, chapter I, in Saint’s Progress, London: William Heinemann, published December 1919, →OCLC, part III, 1 §, page 220:"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."
- Functioning in a way that is unexplainable.