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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a cipher.

Etymologies

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cipher +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Papageno often steals the show, and with the "serious" lovers more cipherlike than usual, Thomas Dolié's playfulness in the role had extra punch.

    Pared 'Flute' Is a Muted Production Heidi Waleson 2011

  • When he looked again, she was observing him -- and once more she was the obscure, the cipherlike Miss Hallowell, ten-dollar-a-week typewriter and not worth it.

    Grain of Dust. 1911

  • When he looked again, she was observing him -- and once more she was the obscure, the cipherlike Miss

    The Grain of Dust David Graham Phillips 1889

  • One of the problems with ` ` 33 Variations '' is Fonda's cipherlike character.

    unknown title 2009

  • One of the problems with "33 Variations" is Fonda's cipherlike character.

    680news.com 2009

  • One of the problems with "33 Variations" is Fonda's cipherlike character.

    JAM! Showbiz 2009

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