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obscurely en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /əbˈskjʊəli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /əbˈskjʊɹli/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English obscure Middle English -ly English -ly English obscurely From obscure + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an obscure manner.
   • I vvill this Night, / in ſeuerall Hands, in at his VVindovves throvv, / As if they came from ſeuerall Citizens, / VVritings, all tending to the great opinion / That Rome holds of his Name: vvherein obſcurely / Cæſars Ambition ſhall be glanced at. 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 112, column 2:

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