Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - mysterious
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Mysterious
mysterious
~ adj 1 mysterious events, behaviour, or situations are difficult to explain or understand (His father died of a mysterious disease. | a mysterious smile | in mysterious circumstances) (Benson later disappeared in mysterious circumstances.) 2 a mysterious person is someone who you know very little about and who seems strange or interesting (Who was this mysterious stranger?) 3 saying very little about what you are doing; secretive + abou (Helen's being very mysterious about her plans.) - mysteriously adv - mysteriousness n
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1. Someone or something that is mysterious is strange and is not known about or understood. He died in mysterious circumstances... A mysterious illness confined him to bed for over a month... The whole thing seems very mysterious... ADJ • mysteriously A couple of messages had mysteriously disappeared. ADV: usu ADV with v 2. If someone is mysterious about something, they deliberately do not talk much about it, sometimes because they want to make people more interested in it. As for his job–well, he was very mysterious about it. ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n • mysteriously Asked what she meant, she said mysteriously: ‘Work it out for yourself’. ADV: ADV after v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Date: 1599 1. a. of, relating to, or constituting mystery the ~ ways of God b. exciting wonder, curiosity, or surprise while baffling efforts to comprehend or identify ; mystifying heard a ~ noise a ~ stranger 2. stirred by or attracted to the inexplicable • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 full of or wrapped in mystery. 2 (of a person) delighting in mystery. Derivatives mysteriously adv. mysteriousness n. Etymology: F myst{eacute}rieux f. myst{egrave}re f. OF (as MYSTERY(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. таинственный; непостижимый mysterious crime —- таинственное преступление in a mysterious way —- непостижимым образом she gave me a mysterious look —- она бросила на меня взгляд, полный таинственности ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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