What is the meaning of oracular?

adjective

  • Of or relating to an oracle.
    • usage: "able by oracular means to expose a witch"
  • Obscurely prophetic.
    • usage: "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message"
  • Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought.
    • usage: "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile"
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