mysteriously
adverb
mys·te·ri·ous·ly
mi-ˈstir-ē-əs-lē 
: in a mysterious manner : in a way that is difficult to explain or comprehend
documents that have mysteriously disappeared
smiling mysteriously
"I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen," observed Jo mysteriously.—
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Kitchen The kitchen cabinets will mysteriously open and close on their own — with a Shadow Goblin hiding in one of the cupboards.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
The finale closes on the skull, mysteriously crackling with energy, a talisman of promise and threat at once.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
In Jahmil Eady’s folklore horror short Haint, imminent threats to Southern Black culture are on the rise when a series of gentrifiers in their small community mysteriously begin to die.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Hilland was working on a dead-end cold case that stretched back to the 70s involving a man, John Smith, whose two wives went mysteriously missing.
—Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
The finale closes on the skull, mysteriously crackling with energy, a talisman of promise and threat at once.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
In Jahmil Eady’s folklore horror short Haint, imminent threats to Southern Black culture are on the rise when a series of gentrifiers in their small community mysteriously begin to die.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Hilland was working on a dead-end cold case that stretched back to the 70s involving a man, John Smith, whose two wives went mysteriously missing.
—Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Mysteriously.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mysteriously. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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