obscurely

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obscurely

[əbˈskjʊəlɪ]

adverbio

1. vagamente (to feel, see); confusamente (to speak)

obscurely [ob-skiure-li]

adverbio

1. Oscuramente.

2. Oscuramente, sin hacer papel en el mundo.

3. Confusamente, entre sombra

sustantivo

obscurely [əbˈskjʊəlɪ]

adverb

1 (out of the public eye) [+live, die] en la oscuridad

the poet lived out the rest of his life obscurely on the island of Paphos the exile finally died obscurely in a little-known part of Slabodia

2 (cryptically) [+describe] de forma poco clara

the Pope's 1942 Christmas message was much too heavy, the ideas were not clear-cut and it was obscurely expressed

[+argue, write] de manera que confunde

Yet some writers seem to like to write obscurely, as if they hope to seem more clever than they are. I doubt if that fools anybody he wrote obscurely on the most abstruse subjects

[+refer, say] de forma críptica

she described the place so obscurely that I barely recognised it when I arrived there "I'd be delighted to join you" — "How loyal of you," Mimi said obscurely as she ...

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