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mystically

mystically adverb: in a mystical manner.

Adverb

mystically (comparative more mystically, superlative most mystically)

  1. In a mystical manner.
  2. (archaic) Cryptically, disguisedly, with a meaning not openly stated.
    • I spoke to her of power and pride,
      But mystically—in such guise
      That she might deem it nought beside
      The moment’s converse; […]1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems

Forms of mystically

comparativemore mystically
superlativemost mystically

Origin of mystically

From mystical + -ly.

Questions about mystically

What does mystically mean?
Mystically means in a mystical manner.
What part of speech is mystically?
Mystically is an adverb.

Words near mystically in the dictionary

  1. mysticalize
  2. mysticalized
  3. mysticalizes
  4. mysticalizing
  5. mysticall
  6. mystically
  7. mysticalness
  8. mysticete
  9. mysticetes
  10. mysticetous
  11. mysticise

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