obscurely

1. 1.

   in an obscure manner

   “this work is obscurely written”

Questions about obscurely

What does obscurely mean?

obscurely means "in an obscure manner".

How many syllables are in obscurely?

obscurely has 4 syllables and divides as ob-scu-re-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is obscurely a common word?

obscurely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.