mysterious
mys|teri|ous /mɪst'ɪəriəs/
1 [ADJ]
Someone or something that is mysterious is strange and is not known about or understood.
He died in mysterious circumstances...
A mysterious illness confined him to bed for over a month...
The whole thing seems very mysterious...
● mysteriously [ADV] usu ADV with v
A couple of messages had mysteriously disappeared.
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n
If someone is mysterious about something, they deliberately do not talk much about it, sometimes because they want to make people more interested in it.
As for his job-well, he was very mysterious about it.
● mysteriously [ADV] ADV after v
Asked what she meant, she said mysteriously: `Work it out for yourself'.
1 [ADJ]
Someone or something that is mysterious is strange and is not known about or understood.
He died in mysterious circumstances...
A mysterious illness confined him to bed for over a month...
The whole thing seems very mysterious...
● mysteriously [ADV] usu ADV with v
A couple of messages had mysteriously disappeared.
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n
If someone is mysterious about something, they deliberately do not talk much about it, sometimes because they want to make people more interested in it.
As for his job-well, he was very mysterious about it.
● mysteriously [ADV] ADV after v
Asked what she meant, she said mysteriously: `Work it out for yourself'.