All 5 Uses of
enigma
in
Of Human Bondage
- Sometimes she said things that were enigmatic, and he was puzzled.
Chpt 33-34 *enigmatic = mysterious and seeming unexplainable
- Hayward smiled enigmatically.†
Chpt 67-68
- He had never before seen the work of that enigmatic master; and at the first glance he was bothered by the arbitrary drawing: the figures were extraordinarily elongated; the heads were very small; the attitudes were extravagant.†
Chpt 87-88
- There was something enigmatic in her.†
Chpt 115-116
- There had been in her always something enigmatic.†
Chpt 119-120
Definition:
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(enigma) something mysterious that seems unexplainable