sphinxlike
adjEtymology
From sphinx + -like.
Definitions
Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx, especially, not showing passion or emotion
Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx, especially, not showing passion or emotion; inscrutable.
- they get together in the dry riverbed. He writhes over her for a minute or two as she sits sphinxlike, dignified, head straight in the air.
Mysterious
Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance.
- Mrs. Mallowe smiled in a superior and Sphinx-like fashion.
- “What we need to avoid at the end is a headline that says ‘Russia Won, America Lost.’” A sphinxlike response. Or perhaps a nonresponse.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA