Meaning & use
Oracular
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Resembling an oracle in being mysteriously wise, ambiguous, or portentous; also, pompously prophetic in manner.
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The professor delivered oracular pronouncements that few students dared question.
Her oracular remarks left the reporters guessing at her true meaning.
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Derived from 'oracle', the priest or shrine in ancient Greece believed to deliver messages from the gods.
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