obscurely

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Obscurely, almost as if its diminished pulse responded to a more rapid pulse within the earth, the life of Nanty Glo began to quicken.

From Time Magazine Archive

Obscurely and with difficulty she saw, she made it out.

From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May

Obscurely sacrificed, his nameless tomb,   Bare of the sculptor's art, the poet's lines, Summer shall flush with poppy-fields in bloom,   And Autumn yellow with maturing vines.

From A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 by Clarke, George Herbert

Obscurely yet deeply disturbed by the blind stirring of emotions I could not clearly analyze, I sat brooding there.

From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Obscurely, in the laboratory of the senses where, without our knowledge, often against our will, our impulses are dictated, a process, intricate and interesting, which Stendhal called crystallisation, was at work.

From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar