1.
Someone or something that is ~ is strange and is not known about or understood.
He died in ~ circumstances...
A ~ illness confined him to bed for over a month...
The whole thing seems very ~...
ADJ
~ly
A couple of messages had ~ly disappeared.
ADV: usu ADV with v
2.
If someone is ~ about something, they deliberately do not talk much about it, sometimes because they want to make people more interested in it.
As for his job–well, he was very ~ about it.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n
~ly
Asked what she meant, she said ~ly: ‘Work it out for yourself’.
ADV: ADV after v