adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
message
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A novel of international intrigue in which Grace goes to Stockholm in response to a cryptic message from her sister, Willa.
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Better to lose face and be open about not understanding the cryptic message , than to lose sleep at night over it.
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Manville perused the cryptic message with satisfaction.
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As described in Chapter Five, the manager may use cryptic messages to reinforce this impression.
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And was his cryptic message supposed to imply forgiveness for her own error - or some kind of apology for his own?
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And because, somehow, Luke Hunter had caught her off balance with his flowers and cryptic messages .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Indovina's lyrics are mostly cryptic and obscure.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But there is one story which, in a cryptic and covert way, does.
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Darby was a cheerfully relaxed young man who compiled cryptic crosswords for a monthly magazine in his spare time.
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He did not find the question cryptic or bizarre.
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My journal is confused, almost cryptic on these matters.
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Rather, what she was saying with her cryptic scriptural reference was that I might not be asking the right question.
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These variations appear cryptic to most westerners, and require some explanation.
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Write down any error messages you see, no matter how cryptic .