Communication

Synonyms for cryptically

The synonym for cryptically recorded in this bank is enigmatically, in the sense "in a mysterious, puzzling way that hides full meaning". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adverb · 1 reason line

The synonym for cryptically

enigmaticallyadverb, in the sense "in a mysterious, puzzling way that hides full meaning"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and cryptically carries one sense so far.

The senseadverbTier 3, RidgelineCommunication

in a mysterious, puzzling way that hides full meaning

The fortune teller answered cryptically, leaving him more confused than before.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

enigmatically

Same sentence, swapped: The fortune teller answered enigmatically, leaving him more confused than before.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for cryptically in the sentence quoted.

bluntly
verbosely
sarcastically

Where cryptically turns up in the game

cryptically is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play cryptically

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so cryptically reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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