Definition for OB-SCURE-LY

OB-SCURE-LY, adv.

  1. Darkly; not clearly; imperfectly; as, an object obscurely seen; obscurely visible.
  2. 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.
  3. Not clearly; not plainly to the mind; darkly; as, future events obscurely revealed.
  4. Not plainly; indirectly; by hints or allusion.

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