more enigmatical

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It was in vain that the magistrate sought for some indication of weakness on his features, which in their mobility were more enigmatical than the lineaments of the Sphinx.

From Monsieur Lecoq by Gaboriau, Émile

The character of Belisarius, enigmatical enough in itself, is made by him more enigmatical still.

From Gibbon by Morison, James Cotter

Was ever queen more enigmatical?" cried Media—"Love,—death,—joy, —fly to me?

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Melville, Herman

The papers belonging to the American phase, so far as they were to be identified by dates, or by some internal evidence, were fewer, but even more enigmatical in character.

From Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home by Taylor, Bayard

Doctor Howe's mysterious imprisonment in Berlin in 1832 is the more enigmatical since Berlin has generally been the refuge of the oppressed from other European countries.

From Cambridge Sketches by Stearns, Frank Preston