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Obscurely

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Adverb

1. obscurely

in an obscure manner

Example Sentences:
'this work is obscurely written'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Obscurely

see synonyms of obscurely
adjective
1. 
unclear or abstruse
2. 
indistinct, vague, or indefinite
3. 
inconspicuous or unimportant
4. 
hidden, secret, or remote
5. 
(of a vowel) reduced to or transformed into a neutral vowel (ə)
6. 
gloomy, dark, clouded, or dim
verb (transitive)
7. 
to make unclear, vague, or hidden
8. 
to cover or cloud over
9. phonetics
to pronounce (a vowel) with articulation that causes it to become a neutral sound represented by (ə)
noun
10.  a rare word for obscurity

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Obscurely

see synonyms of obscurely
adjective
1. 
lacking light; dim; dark; murky
the obscure night
2. 
not easily perceived
; specif.,
a. 
not clear or distinct; faint or undefined
an obscure figure or sound
b. 
not easily understood; vague; cryptic; ambiguous
an obscure explanation
c. 
in an inconspicuous position; hidden
an obscure village
3. 
not well-known; not famous
an obscure scientist
4.  Phonetics
pronounced as (ə) or ( (ɪ) ; i) ) because it is not stressed; reduced; neutral
said of a vowel
verb transitiveWord forms: obˈscured or obˈscuring
5. 
to make obscure
; specif.,
a. 
to darken; make dim
b. 
to conceal from view; hide
c. 
to make less conspicuous; overshadow
a success that obscured earlier failures
d. 
to make less intelligible; confuse
testimony that obscures the issue
6.  Phonetics
to make (a vowel) obscure
noun
7.  Rare
obscurity

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Obscurely

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adj. ob·scur·er, ob·scur·est
1. Deficient in light; dark: the obscure depths of a cave.
2.
a. So faintly perceptible as to lack clear delineation; indistinct: an obscure figure in the fog.
b. Indistinctly heard; faint.
c. Linguistics Having the reduced, neutral sound represented by schwa (ə).
3.
a. Far from centers of human population: an obscure village.
b. Out of sight; hidden: an obscure retreat.
4. Not readily noticed or seen; inconspicuous: an obscure flaw.
5. Of undistinguished or humble station or reputation: an obscure poet; an obscure family.
6. Not clearly understood or expressed; ambiguous or vague: Some say that Blake's style is obscure and complex. See Synonyms at ambiguous.
tr.v. ob·scured, ob·scur·ing, ob·scures
1. To make dim, indistinct, or impossible to see: "His face was obscured in shadow" (Rosemary Mahoney). See Synonyms at block.
2. To make difficult to discern mentally or understand: The meaning of the text was obscured by its difficult language.
3. To diminish the stature of; overshadow or detract from: "[His] character was so repellent that it has obscured his historical role" (David Rains Wallace).
4. Linguistics To reduce (a vowel) to the neutral sound represented by schwa (ə).
n.
Something obscure or unknown.

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