mysteriously

1. 1.

   in a cryptic manner

   “`we will meet again', he said cryptically”

   Synonymscrypticallyenigmatically

Questions about mysteriously

What does mysteriously mean?

mysteriously means "in a cryptic manner".

How many syllables are in mysteriously?

mysteriously has 5 syllables: mys-ter-i-ou-sly. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ˌmɪˈstɪɹiəsli/.

What is another word for mysteriously?

Close synonyms include cryptically, enigmatically. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mysteriously a common word?

mysteriously is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.