Definition of Obscurely

1. Adverb. In an obscure manner. "This work is obscurely written"

Partainyms: Obscure

Definition of Obscurely

1. adv. In an obscure manner.

Definition of Obscurely

1. Adverb. In an obscure manner. ¹

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Definition of Obscurely

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obscurely

obscener
obscenest
obscenities
obscenity
obscurant
obscurantic
obscurantism
obscurantisms
obscurantist
obscurantists
obscurants
obscuration
obscurations
obscure
obscured
obscurely (current term)
obscurement
obscurements
obscureness
obscurenesses
obscurer
obscurers
obscures
obscurest
obscurification
obscuring
obscurist
obscurists
obscurities
obscurity

Literary usage of Obscurely

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1876)
"rather firm scarious cup-like small pappus, its margin ciliate and obscurely fimbriate. ... obscurely ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1807)
"... lias executed his task with a commendable degree of attention and judgment. A. few of the cuts, however, are obscurely defined, and others border on ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"405, is very shortly and obscurely reported; but from what is there mentioned, as well as from the notice taken of it by Lord Chief Justice Gibbs, ..."

4. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"... is described (rather obscurely) by Pliny (xviii. § 97) as used in Etruria, where, instead of the ordinary shape, there seems to have been a sort of tube ..."

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