obscurely

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UK/əbˈskjʊəli/US/əbˈskjʊɹli/

adverb

In an obscure manner.

UncommonScrabble 16

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adverbobscurely (comparative more obscurely, superlative most obscurely)

comparative more obscurely · superlative most obscurely

  1. In an obscure manner.

    I vvill this Night, / in ſeuerall Hands, in at his VVindovves throvv, / As if they came from ſeuerall Citizens, / VVritings, all tending to the great opinion / That Rome holds of his Name: vvherein obſcurely / Cæſars Ambition ſhall be glanced at.

    1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 112, column 2

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APA

obscurely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obscurely

MLA

“obscurely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obscurely. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obscurely,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obscurely.

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