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subobscurely

subobscurely adverb: somewhat obscurely or darkly.

Adverb

subobscurely (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat obscurely or darkly.
    • O my God, (euer conſtant to thine ovvne vvayes), thou haſt proceeded opẽly [openly], intelligibly, manifeſtly, by the book. […] [F]rõ [from] thy ſecond book, the booke of Nature, vvher though ſubobſcurely, and in ſhadovvs, thou haſt expreſſed thine ovvn Image; […]1624, John Donne, “IX. Expostulation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, pages 217–218

Origin of subobscurely

From subobscure + -ly.

Questions about subobscurely

What does subobscurely mean?
Subobscurely means somewhat obscurely or darkly.
What part of speech is subobscurely?
Subobscurely is an adverb.

Words near subobscurely in the dictionary

  1. suboblate
  2. suboblique
  3. suboblong
  4. subobovoid
  5. subobscure
  6. subobscurely
  7. subobsolete
  8. subobtuse
  9. subobtusely
  10. suboccipital
  11. suboccipitally

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