cryptic
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[more cryptic; most cryptic]
: difficult to understand: having or seeming to have a hidden meaning
- a cryptic message/title/remark
- His instructions were cryptic. He said only to wait until we felt certain the answer was clear.
- She smiled cryptically.
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