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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
cipher .
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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One of the problems with ` ` 33 Variations '' is Fonda's cipherlike character.
unknown title 2009
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One of the problems with "33 Variations" is Fonda's cipherlike character.
680news.com 2009
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One of the problems with "33 Variations" is Fonda's cipherlike character.
JAM! Showbiz 2009
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