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Meanings of inscrutable in English

Of an obscure nature.

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        Examples for "deep"
        Examples for "deep"
        1
        At the end of last year, our economy was in deep crisis.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Despite the upbeat talk, deep political problems were on display in Washington.
        Reuters
        3
        Contemporary health care is facing deep personal crisis appearing mainly in nurses.
        Pubmed
        4
        Peters said New Zealand had deep sympathy for the situation in Samoa.
        Radio NZ
        5
        The problem is not, therefore, a deep one with the system itself.
        The Guardian
        1
        At some mysterious and critical point, the crime rate began to turn.
        The tipping point: how little things can make a big difference
        2
        GOVERNMENT departments are known to work in mysterious ways, writes Michael Dervan.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Two days later a second mysterious event gave the rumors new life.
        The monster of florence
        4
        Occupation: Former police officer turned private detective; peerless solver of mysterious murders.
        The Guardian
        5
        Its capital runs into millions; its prospectuses are pompous; its pay-roll mysterious.
        The Woman Who Toils / Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen a...
        1
        Sielto's cryptic words didn't rise quite to the level of a warning.
        The Winds of Dune
        2
        As cryptic as when Small Talk asked Jelena the very same question.
        The Guardian
        3
        And he said something kind of cryptic today, now you mention it.
        The Great Book of Amber
        4
        It's the first evidence that cryptic female choice contributes to reproductive success.
        Radio NZ
        5
        He stated it as if that cryptic information was a simple fact.
        Monster Hunter International
        1
        I'm not mystifying you at all; the clock took the pictures automatically.
        Tales of Fantasy and Fact
        2
        Not two paces had Seton taken on to the mystifying wharf when:
        Dope
        3
        The big Saul listening to the playing of David is still mystifying.
        Promenades of an Impressionist
        4
        The final section on Fischer's life was tantalizing, yet even more mystifying.
        The marks of cain
        5
        Afraid I'm finding her just as mystifying as in the old days.
        The Sense of an Ending
        1
        His comment on this piece of news is strong but cryptical.
        On Something
        2
        Mathewson to the cryptical stone edifice with high narrow windows, another third to follow Capt.
        The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
        3
        He did not explain that somewhat cryptical remark, and presently he left her and went to his room.
        Skyrider
        4
        Ahead loomed green and cryptical hills, and when the conductor came around I learned that I was at last in Vermont.
        The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft
        5
        The distribution of cryptical cave-mouths on the black snow-denuded summits seemed roughly even as far as the range could be traced.
        The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
        Usage of inscrutable in English
        1
        Grudje met James' eyes for a long moment, his gaze utterly inscrutable.
        James Potter and the Morrigan Web
        2
        Yes; but the attitude of my Lord of Mayence was quite inscrutable.
        The Sword Maker
        3
        Pestilences were inscrutable providences; they were the wrath of God made manifest.
        Modern Religious Cults and Movements
        4
        Luca had long ago become accustomed to his daughter's inscrutable mood swings.
        Home to italy
        5
        The Chinese seem specially inscrutable; no one seems really to understand them.
        The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
        6
        With an inscrutable smile the Cambridge-American looked at the paper and read:
        The Parts Men Play
        7
        The starlight shone full upon the dark, inscrutable face of the Indian.
        The Rainbow Trail
        8
        It meant something to him as well, although his expression remained inscrutable.
        Avalon
        9
        Rosa looked at him with inscrutable eyes-deepas velvet, grave and meditative.
        Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories
        10
        If anyone could challenge the inscrutable Dr. Loy, it would be you.
        Cara mia - book one of the immortyl revolution
        11
        An inscrutable look gathered on the face of the beautiful native girl.
        The Ghost Kings
        12
        Aristocratic origin is as inscrutable as the darkness of the past night.
        The Agony of the Church (1917)
        13
        They looked capable of carrying out the most dangerous and inscrutable designs.
        The Hawaiian Archipelago
        14
        The secret of her thrilling and inscrutable appeal has never been told.
        Pipefuls
        15
        To the left, I made out the monstrous Eyeless-Thing, grey and inscrutable.
        The House on the Borderland
        16
        The eyes are staring straight into the room, with an inscrutable expression.
        The House on the Borderland
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