mystically

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adverb

In a mystical manner.

OriginEnglish mystical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Old French mistique →
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Meanings

adverbmystically (comparative more mystically, superlative most mystically)

comparative more mystically · superlative most mystically

  1. In a mystical manner.
  2. archaicCryptically, disguisedly, with a meaning not openly stated.

    I spoke to her of power and pride, But mystically—in such guise That she might deem it nought beside The moment’s converse; […]

    1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mewH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mewH-ye-
  3. Ancient Greekμῡ́ω (mū́ō)
  4. Ancient Greekμῠέω (mŭéō)
  5. Ancient Greekμῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs)
  6. Ancient Greekμῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)
  7. Latinmysticus
  8. Old Frenchmistique
  9. Englishmystic
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Englishmystical
  13. Englishmystically

From mystical + -ly.

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Translations

Hungarian misztikusan
  • misztikusanin a mystical manner
Polish mistycznie
  • mistyczniein a mystical manner
Cite this entry
APA

mystically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mystically

MLA

“mystically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mystically. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mystically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mystically.

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