obscurely
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More significant, musically, it was orchestral pop with multiple movements; chord changes that might have impressed both Paul McCartney and Claude Debussy; and an obscurely poetic paean to lost love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
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
But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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