mystically

English

Etymology

mystical + -ly

Adverb

mystically (comparative more mystically, superlative most mystically)

  1. In a mystical manner.
  2. (archaic) Cryptically, disguisedly, with a meaning not openly stated.
    • 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
      I spoke to her of power and pride,
      But mystically—in such guise
      That she might deem it nought beside
      The moment’s converse; […]

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