mysterious

«mysterious» in Mova's school dictionary: strange and hard to explain or understand — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (mysterious; mysteriously adv.)

meaning for a pupil

1) Mysterious means strange and hard to explain or understand. tree →

2) A mysterious person keeps secrets or does not tell much about themselves. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories: mysterious noises, a mysterious stranger, a mysterious letter — they build suspense and make the reader want to find out more. In science: something mysterious may be explained later by experiments.

examples

• A mysterious parcel arrived with no name on it. tree →
• We heard mysterious footsteps in the attic. tree →
• The mysterious stranger wore a long black cloak. tree →
• The cookies disappeared mysteriously. tree →
• Scientists study mysterious objects in space. tree →
• She smiled in a mysterious way and said nothing. tree →
• The old house looked dark and mysterious. tree →
• The whole affair is indeed mysterious. tree →

note

Noun: mystery. Spelling: mysterIOUS (drop the y → i: mystery → mysterious). Synonyms: strange, puzzling, secretive.

In the corpora

• Jacob wrestled all night with a mysterious man and was renamed Israel, a name often explained as "he struggles with God".

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mysterious» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.