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obscurely

[uhb-skyoor-lee] / əbˈskjʊər li /


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Let the officers pore over their digital maps and the soldiers gesticulate obscurely at one another on the field.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

At the time, US officials said Mr Artemov used an expansive network of ships often registered obscurely to transport Iranian oil.

From BBC Dec. 11, 2025

You would have to include the Air Force Association and the obscurely named Submarine Industrial Base Council, among others.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2023

Somewhat obscurely, Aristotle claims that this first cause is “thought thinking itself.”

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

Clearly they were of the opinion that Jack had done the decent thing, had put himself in the right by his generous apology and Ralph, obscurely, in the wrong.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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