2. Adjective. Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance ¹
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Definition of Sphinxlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphinxlike
Literary usage of Sphinxlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1918)
"But Betsy maintained her sphinxlike attitude until about a week later, at which
time, with a great deal of ostentation, she removed the sign from her door ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"His Grecian extraction, hie sphinxlike impenetrability of countenance, his
addiction to the practice of Spiritualism, and his deceptive professions of a ..."
3. Charles Francis Adams, 1835-1915: An Autobiography by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Cabot Lodge (1916)
"Since the election, Lincoln had hitherto maintained a sphinxlike silence. He was
still at Springfield, while Seward, understood to be the coming Secretary ..."
4. Charles Francis Adams, 1835-1915: An Autobiography by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Cabot Lodge (1916)
"Since the election, Lincoln had hitherto maintained a sphinxlike silence. He was
still at Springfield, while Seward, understood to be the coming Secretary ..."
5. History of the United States of America Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1882)
"... who had been conveniently stationed in the vicinity,* the Hartford Convention,
hardening into stone, preserves for all ages a sphinxlike mystery. ..."
6. American Poets and Their Theology by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1916)
"It gave us the keenest pleasure; though many of the pieces present themselves
sphinxlike, and, " struggling to get free their hinder-parts," offer a very ..."
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