Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OB-SCURE-LY
OB-SCUR-EDOB-SCURE-NESS, or OB-SCU'RI-TY
OB-SCURE-LY, adv.
- Darkly; not clearly; imperfectly; as, an object obscurely seen; obscurely visible.
- Out of sight; in a state not to be noticed; privately; in retirement; not conspicuously. There live retired, / Content thyself to be obscurely good. Addison.
- Not clearly; not plainly to the mind; darkly; as, future events obscurely revealed.
- Not plainly; indirectly; by hints or allusion.
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