What is the meaning of mysterious?

adjective

  • Of an obscure nature.
    • usage: "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
  • Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.
    • usage: "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
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