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mysteriously

[mi-steer-ee-uhs-lee] / ˌmɪˈstɪər i əs li /
ADVERB
puzzlingly, cryptically
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bafflingly cryptically curiously enigmatically inexplicably perplexingly puzzlingly strangely suspiciously unaccountably uncannily unremarkably
STRONG
WEAK
abstrusely eerily impenetrably incomprehensibly murkily obscurely unfathomably
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Eleven Chinese nationals arrested separately in the online scam crackdown mysteriously walked free from a Madagascar jail in August in a widely publicised scandal allegedly implicating the head of the prison service.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

In “Verity,” she plays the titular character, Verity Crawford, the author of a string of hit thriller novels who’s been mysteriously incapacitated after a car accident and can’t finish her final three books.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

She was not yet 40 when she was mysteriously laid off from her job and began losing interest in her family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

There’s an understandable pacing dip afterward, when the wounded villagers think the nightmare is over and our protagonists learn separately that the forest holds more of these mysteriously strong creatures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

She held him as he looked mysteriously into her face, his eyes huge.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich


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