mysteriously
adverb
mys·te·ri·ous·ly
mi-ˈstir-ē-əs-lē 
: in a mysterious manner : in a way that is difficult to explain or comprehend
documents that have mysteriously disappeared
smiling mysteriously
"I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen," observed Jo mysteriously.—
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May AlcottExamples of mysteriously in a Sentence
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The herd reached a record high of 1,701 individuals in fall 2009, but within weeks, the animals mysteriously vanished.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
Winning her back involves locating her movie’s star (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), who has mysteriously gone missing.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 1 May 2024
Galena mysteriously went missing on April 10, but her owners couldn't figure out how the indoor cat could disappear without a trace, Carrie Clark told NBC affiliate KSL.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2024
Or is their practice more mysteriously metaphysical and personal?
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
The barbecue site’s reopening resolves a messy saga that began last fall when the Mandela Parkway location mysteriously caught fire, just days after Horn had publicized that the building had been tagged by graffiti.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
The six-second clip filmed in black and white contains various shots of Swift, including her writing at a typewriter, throwing a chair into a window while wearing a wedding-esque white gown and staring mysteriously into the camera.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
Experts have confirmed that a human jawbone that was mysteriously discovered in a child's rock collection once belonged to a United States Marine, who died during his military service over 70 years ago.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
Read Next National Thousands of birds mysteriously die in Utah, officials say.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2024
Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
Winning her back involves locating her movie’s star (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), who has mysteriously gone missing.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 1 May 2024
Galena mysteriously went missing on April 10, but her owners couldn't figure out how the indoor cat could disappear without a trace, Carrie Clark told NBC affiliate KSL.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2024
Or is their practice more mysteriously metaphysical and personal?
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
The barbecue site’s reopening resolves a messy saga that began last fall when the Mandela Parkway location mysteriously caught fire, just days after Horn had publicized that the building had been tagged by graffiti.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
The six-second clip filmed in black and white contains various shots of Swift, including her writing at a typewriter, throwing a chair into a window while wearing a wedding-esque white gown and staring mysteriously into the camera.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
Experts have confirmed that a human jawbone that was mysteriously discovered in a child's rock collection once belonged to a United States Marine, who died during his military service over 70 years ago.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
Read Next National Thousands of birds mysteriously die in Utah, officials say.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2024
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