All 3 Uses of "enigma" in "The Idiot"

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The Idiot
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Even Lebedeff seemed an enigma today.†
Chpt 2.5
Why is it that when you awake to the world of realities you nearly always feel, sometimes very vividly, that the vanished dream has carried with it some enigma which you have failed to solve?†
Chpt 3.10 *
"We shall see whether I understand or no!" said Gania, enigmatically.†
Chpt 4.1

enigmatically = in a mysterious manner that seems unexplainable

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(1) (enigma)
something mysterious that seems unexplainable
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
The word may also be seen in the proper noun, Enigma Machine. It refers to an encryption device used by Nazi Germany during the second world war. Britain eventually learned to unencrypt messages sent with the machine, but kept that ability a secret.