cryptically

Definitions

In a way that is mysterious or obscure in meaning.

In a manner that uses code or secret symbols.

Examples

The old man smiled cryptically before disappearing into the shadows of the alleyway.

She spoke cryptically about her plans for the future, leaving us all wondering what she truly intended.

The note was written cryptically, containing only a series of numbers and a single, faded symbol.

Synonyms

mysteriously enigmatically obscurely ambiguously vaguely arcane abstrusely

Antonyms

clearly plainly explicitly openly understandably lucidly transparently