mysterious
/mɪˈstɪɹi.əs/ adjective A2- Of unknown origin. · He received a mysterious phone call this morning.
- Having unknown qualities. · Our boss is a mysterious man who hardly ever meets with us.
- Difficult to understand. · Why he left without saying goodbye is quite mysterious.
- Deliberately evasive or enigmatic. · Stop being mysterious and just tell me what you want.
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Rachel; he had an uncomfortable feeling that the mysterious creatures were secretly laughing at him.
“So this is what Matthew has been looking so mysterious over and grinning about to himself for two weeks, is it?” she said a little stiffly but tolerantly.
The headlines are: ‘Mysterious Affair at Lower Norwood.
Was there any romance, anything secret or mysterious, about the wedding?”
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