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# oracular

«oracular» in Mova's school dictionary: **like an oracle: giving wise-sounding answers or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Oracular means like an oracle: giving wise-sounding answers or predictions that are often hard to understand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oracular/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales and myths, a wise voice gives oracular answers that may come true in a strange way

### examples

- The old woman gave an oracular reply. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oracular/#x1)
- The prophecy was oracular and puzzling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oracular/#x2)
- His oracular words left everyone thinking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oracular/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «oracular» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oracular/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.