Used in a Sentence

obscurely

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for obscurely.

Editorial note

Also, too many themes are often intermingled and often not expressed very clearly and only obscurely alluded to.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

In an obscure manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of obscurely gathered in one view.

adverb

In an obscure manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for obscurely.

adverb

In an obscure manner.

Example sentences

1

Also, too many themes are often intermingled and often not expressed very clearly and only obscurely alluded to.

2

It seems like CSS has many of the same possibilities as SVG, although expressed a bit more obscurely.

3

The way that it seems to fall accidentally and obscurely from the implementation details argues strongly against this.

4

Do you really think a code drop from an obscurely named github repo qualifies as open development?

5

These systems are usually deep in the backend and obscurely buried in archaic and proprietary architectures.

6

They'd be written really obscurely, and time was always short, but she'd still catch stuff.

7

In fact, he somewhat obscurely implied that his intuition was right when what the company did turned out to be wrong.

8

Now, if you name a very obscurely named algorithm, that is one thing.

9

A bastion-host, in this context, is actually more properly, but more obscurely, called a jump server.

10

It's something I usually feel obscurely guilty about just puttering, but I probably shouldn't.

11

Oh, Gandalf definately wasn't human - even the LotR itself was surprisingly clear on this point, considering how much magic was presented obscurely in the book.

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Edit: Looks still the same by default, but at least they're (somewhat obscurely) documenting the issue and providing the option to use a custom cert now...

Quote examples

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The submitted title ("Why Young,Slim,Vegetarian,Non-Smoking Indians Get Heart Attacks, CAD and Diabetes") was obscurely abbreviated, plus changed the wording.

2

And I said, “What the hell do you mean by that?” And he said, “He writes so obscurely you can’t tell what he’s saying, that’s the obscurantism part, and then when you criticize him, he can always say, ‘You didn’t understand me; you’re an idiot.’ That’s the terrorism part.” And I like that.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use obscurely in a sentence?

Also, too many themes are often intermingled and often not expressed very clearly and only obscurely alluded to.

What does obscurely mean?

In an obscure manner.

What part of speech is obscurely?

obscurely is commonly used as adverb.