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Obscurely is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Obscurely in a sentence

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Obscurely | Obscure | Obscures

Obscurely meaning

In an obscure manner.

Using Obscurely

  • The main meaning on this page is: In an obscure manner.
  • In the example corpus, obscurely often appears in combinations such as: obscurely to.

Context around Obscurely

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

plato 1× too 1×

Often after:

leaving 1× known 1× remarks 1× managed 1× discussing 1× yet 1×

Sentence patterns with Obscurely

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

but only obscurely leaving that 1× dodecahedron plato obscurely remarks 1× expressed too obscurely to be 1× if rather obscurely to a 1× it was obscurely known theoretically 1× may be obscurely yet has 1× reveal him obscurely discussing the 1× weakly and obscurely managed 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

it was obscurely 1× kubrick s film 1× of the fifth 1× the establishment of 1× the physician s 1× the style of 1×

Common sentence endings:

and obscurely managed 1× azimuthally varying fields 1× in modern times 1× israelis and palestinians 1× of parallel lines 1× plato obscurely remarks 1×

Words around Obscurely

Just before it in the word index:

obscured 201 obscure 605 obscurations 2 obscuration 8 obscurantism 7 obscura 36

Just after it in the word index:

obscurenamehere 2 obscures 45 obscurial 2 obscuring 58 obscurities 4 obscurity 171

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Obscurely

  • In this selection, "obscurely" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, plato, too, leaving, known and remarks stand out and add context to how "obscurely" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include but only obscurely leaving that and dodecahedron plato obscurely remarks. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "obscurely" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with obscurely

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Of the fifth Platonic solid, the dodecahedron, Plato obscurely remarks, ". (10 words)

The physician's opinion was expressed too obscurely to be of use – he sent some medicine which she would not take. (21 words)

The style of his tale is in places disfigured by mad (rather than bad) English; and its catastrophe is hastily, weakly, and obscurely managed. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

Kubrick’s film, I rediscovered, as I watched it again, shadowed the subject of ontology and ultimacy, of metaphysics and transcendence, but only obscurely, leaving that heavy lifting, perhaps, for seminary students and their teachers to undertake. (37 words)

This unproved statement put a strain on his relationship with Bolyai who thought that Gauss was "stealing" his idea. citation Letters from Gauss years before 1829 reveal him obscurely discussing the problem of parallel lines. (35 words)

The establishment of a Palestinian state: The report refers (if rather obscurely) to a sovereign state of Palestine, with Jerusalem as a city shared by Israelis and Palestinians. (28 words)

Example sentences (8)

Kubrick’s film, I rediscovered, as I watched it again, shadowed the subject of ontology and ultimacy, of metaphysics and transcendence, but only obscurely, leaving that heavy lifting, perhaps, for seminary students and their teachers to undertake.

The establishment of a Palestinian state: The report refers (if rather obscurely) to a sovereign state of Palestine, with Jerusalem as a city shared by Israelis and Palestinians.

It was obscurely known theoretically long before it was put into practice. citation Examples of isochronous cyclotrons abound; in fact almost all modern cyclotrons use azimuthally-varying fields.

Of the fifth Platonic solid, the dodecahedron, Plato obscurely remarks, ".

The physician's opinion was expressed too obscurely to be of use – he sent some medicine which she would not take.

The style of his tale is in places disfigured by mad (rather than bad) English; and its catastrophe is hastily, weakly, and obscurely managed.

This unproved statement put a strain on his relationship with Bolyai who thought that Gauss was "stealing" his idea. citation Letters from Gauss years before 1829 reveal him obscurely discussing the problem of parallel lines.

Whether clearly or not—it may be obscurely—yet has this tendency lain at the root of the undertakings of many States in Modern Times..

Common combinations with obscurely

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • obscurely to 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "obscurely" in a sentence?
An example: "Kubrick’s film, I rediscovered, as I watched it again, shadowed the subject of ontology and ultimacy, of metaphysics and transcendence, but only obscurely, leaving that heavy lifting, perhaps, for seminary students and their teachers to undertake." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "obscurely" from authentic English texts.
What does "obscurely" mean?
Obscurely means: In an obscure manner.
How many example sentences with "obscurely" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "obscurely", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.