mystery

A mystery is a situation in which there are a lot of questions raised or something is secret.

• Why is he acting that way? It’s a mystery.
• With each passing day, the mystery deepened.
• Eventually, this mystery will be solved.
• A lot of mystery surrounds this group of people.
• There’s too much mystery and very few facts for investigators to go on. (to go on = use information)

A mystery is also a book, usually fiction, in which there’s secrecy, suspense, and–perhaps– murder.

• Have you read any good mysteries lately?
• Stephen King is a famous writer of mysteries.
• It’s hard for some people to put down a good mystery.
• A good mystery novel is a real page-turner. (You can’t stop reading it because it’s so interesting.)

The word "mysterious" is an adjective:

• Their behavior is very mysterious.
• Some mysterious information just came to light.
• A mysterious man walking around our neighborhood was reported to the police.
• The witness gave a mysterious answer to the question.

The word "mysteriously" is an adverb:

• Why is she behaving so mysteriously?
• The man mysteriously vanished.
• These people seemed to appear mysteriously out of nowhere.

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This page was published on March 31, 2017.