mysteriously
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English
Etymology
From Middle English misteriusly, equivalent to mysterious + -ly.[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
mysteriously (comparative more mysteriously, superlative most mysteriously)
- In a mysterious manner.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 76:
- '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.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, , →OCLC, part I, page 219:
- I put my finger to the side of my nose and nodded mysteriously.
- 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 121:
- 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.
Translations
in a mysterious manner
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References
- ^ “mysteriously, adv.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
