All 9 Uses

enigma
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Sophie's World
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A lot of age-old enigmas have now been explained by science.
Chpt 2 *

enigmas = things that are mysterious and seem unexplainable
To him or her, the world continues to seem a bit unreasonable—bewildering, even enigmatic.†
Chpt 2

enigmatic = mysterious and seeming unexplainable
Socrates (470-399 B.C.) is possibly the most enigmatic figure in the entire history of philosophy.†
Chpt 7
Even during his lifetime he was considered somewhat enigmatic, and fairly soon after his death he was held to be the founder of any number of different philosophical schools of thought.†
Chpt 7
The very fact that he was so enigmatic and ambiguous made it possible for widely differing schools of thought to claim him as their own.†
Chpt 7
Both Jesus and Socrates were enigmatic personalities, also to their contemporaries.†
Chpt 7
Her mother looked at her with an enigmatic expression.†
Chpt 23
"If you only knew how much he orders people around," said Hilde enigmatically, "and you can't imagine how much he enjoys it."†
Chpt 27

enigmatically = in a mysterious manner that seems unexplainable
Nature is full of enigmas.†
Chpt 34

enigmas = things that are mysterious and seem unexplainable

Definitions:

(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.