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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an opaque manner; darkly; dimly.

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  • adverb In an opaque manner.

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  • adverb in an opaque manner

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Examples

  • I was aware that having a quietly terrified character wearing a bulletproof front did not mean I should write opaquely or bulletproof my prose!

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview with Randy Susan Meyers, part 1 2010

  • He admits that he was wrong about light-touch City regulation; he accepts that, with employment more buoyant than he had anticipated, his anxiety about Alistair Darling's cuts in 2009 and, more opaquely, his no-cuts leadership election position last year were wrong.

    Opposition policy cut to the chase | Editorial 2011

  • The plan will be the company's fourth so-called vision statement to be released since the mid-1990s—documents that, while often opaquely worded, have proven significant in laying out the company's direction in following years.

    Toyota Moves to Downsize Its Board Chester Dawson 2011

  • All the duets—except for "Duet X 2," with a 1982 choreographic credit to Mr. Jones alone—are opaquely named: "Monkey Run Road," "Valley Cottage: A Study" and "Blauvelt Mountain A Fiction."

    'Movement-Based' Choreography Robert Greskovic 2011

  • It is densely, sometimes opaquely written and has been obsessively researched for more than a decade.

    Old Media Monday: Reviewing the Reviewers 2009

  • In the "Transformation Situation Room" next to the T.C. Williams front office, groups of teachers and administrators have worked overtime this spring, contemplating opaquely worded mandates -- posted on the wall -- that direct them to "provide operational flexibility" and "create community-oriented schools."

    Alexandria's T.C. Williams High hustles to get off urgent-reform list 2010

  • On that occasion and on others down the years, I've been followed, threatened, chased, roughed up, abused, incompetently and opaquely approached by seductive and not very seductive operatives.

    A Cynic Explains The Russian Spying Scandal 2010

  • During the period leading up to the last Russian election in 2008, claims that Putin owned a package of shares from Surgutneftegas, Gazprom, and gas-trader Gunvor -- an opaquely structured company registered in Switzerland, and run by Putin acquaintance (or friend, depending on whom you ask) Gennady Timchenko -- were widely printed in the world media, although they were flatly denied by the Gunvor top brass.

    Matvey Ganapolskiy: Imagine That! Putin Might Not Be So Pure After All. 2010

  • LONDON — Two of the world's most opaquely traded metals are to be launched as futures contracts on the London Metal Exchange next week, a strategic broadening of products at Europe's last open-outcry trading forum.

    LME to Offer New Metal Trades Andrea Hotter 2010

  • In the "Transformation Situation Room" next to the T.C. Williams front office, groups of teachers and administrators have worked overtime this spring, contemplating opaquely worded mandates -- posted on the wall -- that direct them to "provide operational flexibility" and "create community-oriented schools."

    Alexandria's T.C. Williams High hustles to get off urgent-reform list 2010

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