oracular

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of, relating to, being, or resembling an oracle
prophetic
obscure or enigmatic; Delphic
Of or relating to an oracle

In some of the Hebrides they attributed the same oracular power to a large black stone by the sea-shore, which they approached with certain solemnities, and considered the first fancy which came into their own minds, after they did so, to be the undoubted dictate of the tutelar deity of the stone, and, as such, to be, if possible, punctually complied with.

Ambiguous, hard to interpret

This utterance was admirably oracular, being susceptible of cogent quotation by both sides.

Prophetic, foretelling the future

My Lord Chatham, whose wisdom his party in those days used to call superhuman, raised his oracular voice in the House of Peers against the American contest;.

{a} uttering oracles, wife
from or like an oracle
Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue
obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message"
of or relating to an oracle; "able by oracular means to expose a witch
Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism
relating to an oracle
of or relating to an oracle; "able by oracular means to expose a witch"
resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile"
{s} of or like an oracle; prophetic, predictive; mysterious, esoteric, enigmatic; wise, sage
oracularly
in an oracular manner; prophetically; enigmatically
oracular
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