Those oracular Chinese proverbs were confusing for the students.
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Oracular
/ɔˈɹæk.ju.lɚ/
Synonyms for "oracular" (60 found)
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6 entriesoracular authorityoracular claimoracular pronouncementoracular statementoracular toneoracular utterance
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10 total sentences available.
In East and West alike there are oracular wells inhabited by spirits gifted with powers of divination.
Source: tatoeba (11559303)
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.
Source: wiktionary
Ferguson's sin consisted in his oracular 'unmasking' of a 'second-rate sort of society, full of second rate citizens, pursuing comparatively worthless objects.'
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