sphinxlike
- like the Sphinx; enigmatic or inscrutable
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enigmatic, impenetrable, unintelligible, incomprehensible, unfathomable, mystical, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling, cryptic, unknown, inscrutable, magical, inexplicable, baffling, dark, strange, secretive, curious, obscureExamples from the Web for sphinxlike
Historical Examples of sphinxlike
Think well of yourself, my friend, think well of your sphinxlike eyes.
The Call of the BloodRobert Smythe Hichens
No wonder he “crouches in sphinxlike silence 199 on the curbstone.”
The Jessica Letters: An Editor's RomancePaul Elmer More
Slowly the Ohio receded from him, somber, implacable, sphinxlike.
MortmainArthur Cheny Train
They all looked eagerly at the criminologist on his return, but his face was sphinxlike.
The Black BoxE. Phillips Oppenheim
His manner was sphinxlike again, and the Englishman eyed him curiously, feeling a strong desire to kick him in the shins.
The Secret WitnessGeorge Gibbs