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Example sentences for "enigmatical"

Lexicographically close words:
enhavas; enheartened; enigma; enigmas; enigmatic; enigmatically; enim; enimie; enimies; enimy
  1. And so enigmatical had she grown to Emma, that her bosom friend took them for a confessed attachment to the youth.

  2. He was reserved to the last, for very enigmatical adieux: he would hear the whole story from Emma; must be left to think as he liked.

  3. Emma went upstairs, thinking of the enigmatical maid, that she must be a good soul after all.

  4. The young Hungarian had, perhaps, among the men of his own age, no other friend in the world than this Russian with odd ideas, whose enigmatical smile puzzled and interested him.

  5. Labanoff, to-day, appeared to him more enigmatical and gloomy than ever.

  6. Placing the keys upon the table amid the scientific litter, she rested one dimpled elbow upon the yellow page of the book, and with her chin in her palm, again directed upon me that enigmatical gaze.

  7. She, although her hand still rested upon Smith's arm, had her dark eyes turned upon me with that same enigmatical expression.

  8. Its Preface in prose casts a curious light upon the author's enigmatical personality, which combined the wonted or conventional humility of a monk with the towering self-consciousness of a man of genius.

  9. I questioned her more closely, so as to get at the meaning of this enigmatical remark: "What 'in ear'?

  10. The enigmatical conduct of Sir Barnard was no less perplexing.

  11. Defn: The Röntgen rays; -- so called by their discoverer because of their enigmatical character.

  12. Etym: [Probably so called from the use of flowers as having an enigmatical significance.

  13. Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.

  14. He kept on talking, now uttering pure nonsense, now again introducing, in spite of this trash, an occasional enigmatical remark, after which he went on with his insipidities.

  15. The incessant repetition of the statement that quarters provided by the State were by no means to be despised contrasted singularly, by its platitude, with the serious, profound, enigmatical look he now cast on his visitor.

  16. After three useless attempts to find him at home, and after writing him a letter which he did not answer, I gave up Lucien without any further attempt to understand his enigmatical behavior.

  17. I remained at home, and one evening when, during the course of a gay party, the conversation came around to the subject of mysticism and occult occurrences, I dished up my story of the enigmatical manuscript.

  18. The enigmatical nature of the discovery led Galileo to announce it in an enigmatical manner.

  19. The enigmatical tone struck him strangely, but he could find nothing less commonplace to say than: "You don't prefer the exaggerated gloaming, do you?

  20. He greeted them, smiling in his quiet, enigmatical way, and listened.

  21. Others affirmed that the enigmatical expression signified the fleet.

  22. What was the use of this enigmatical anointing for an undisclosed purpose?

  23. There were eight of these bags, marked with some enigmatical letters, of which I did not know the meaning, nor, in good truth, did I puzzle myself to discover.

  24. After all, I preferred this enigmatical young man to his celebrated compatriot, the great Peter Ivanovitch.

  25. To Nathalie Haldin, her brother with his Petersburg existence, not enigmatical in the least (there could be no doubt of what he felt or thought) but conducted a little mysteriously, was the only visible representative of a proscribed liberty.

  26. I think so too," he agreed with me, and his readiness, strangely enough, did not make him less enigmatical in the least.

  27. The most precise of her sayings seemed always to me to have enigmatical prolongations vanishing somewhere beyond my reach.

  28. It is said according to the enigmatical turn of the times, that the head of Osiris was annually wafted by the floods to [1261]Byblus.

  29. Possibly he didn't dare," explained Murgatroyd, with an enigmatical smile.

  30. For the first time Pemmican's eyes lost their curious tiredness, an enigmatical smile played about the corners of his mouth.

  31. The Kenealy Banshee furnishes yet another instance of this extremely fascinating and, up to the present, wholly enigmatical type of haunting.

  32. Puerto Frio has been very good to me," he said, in an enigmatical voice.

  33. Longer than you'll like," was the enigmatical reply.

  34. The enigmatical words made them feel there was something behind.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "enigmatical" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    ambiguous; difficult; equivocal; puzzling