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arcanely Definition


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arcane
adj
    1. Mysterious, secret or obscure; understood only by a few; difficult to understand.
      Thesaurus: secret, hidden, mysterious, cryptic, obscure, private, esoteric, enigmatic, abstruse, recondite, profound; Antonym: open, obvious.
Derivative: arcanely
adverb
    Derivative: arcaneness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin arcanus, from arcere to shut up.



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