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Mysterious vs Mysterioso - What's the difference?

mysterious | mysterioso |

As adjectives the difference between mysterious and mysterioso

is that mysterious is of unknown origin while mysterioso is mysterious.

mysterious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of unknown origin.
    • He received a mysterious phone call this morning.
  • Having unknown qualities.
    • Our boss is a mysterious man who hardly ever meets with us.
  • Difficult to understand.
    • Why he left without saying goodbye is quite mysterious .
  • Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.
    • Stop being mysterious and just tell me what you want.

    Derived terms

    * mysteriously * mysteriousness

    Related terms

    * mystery

    mysterioso

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • mysterious
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    • , passage=Under all the mysterioso legerdemain, he was the Shakespeare of rhetorical bullying. }}
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