(a.) Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.
(a.) Ambiguous; mysterious.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Some clarity on these Delphic utterances up in Manchester would be greatly appreciated by the Tory economic right," he said.
(2) The bond strengths achieved with Prismafil were statistically significantly (P less than 0.05) lower than Heliosit and Delphic between which no significant differences were found.
(3) In the quest to categorise the delphic prime minister, it has become increasingly common to claim that her true purpose is to exploit Labour’s abject weakness to set the country on a madly rightwing trajectory.
(4) The ancient Greeks had Pythia, their Delphic Oracle; the Romans had their Vestal Virgins and, in Live and Let Die , Dr Kananga had his Solitaire.
(5) This delphic comment presumably refers to his planned onward trip to Cuba and Brazil.
(6) The length of the tags and the density of tagging observed on the replicas showed that the three composite materials, Adaptic, Concise and Delphic, adapted to the etched enamel surface equally as well as the unfilled resin Nuva Seal.
(7) There are a number of legal and contractual issues related to nuclear material in both the UK and EU, for which early resolution is important in providing the necessary legal certainty to operators and governments,” it adds delphically.
(8) European leaders tend to have a delphic mechanism for dealing with human rights in which they refer to an established dialogue on the issue which is then handled by lowly officials on the Chinese side.
(9) In a delphic radio interview today he hinted at his private doubts, saying: "I think you have got to respect the result of the general election and that we have lost."
Delphin
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Delphine
(n.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.
Example Sentences:
(1) My only concern right now is to be able to bring back her body and bring her with us to the south of France,” said Delphine.
(2) I also love how she falls for Delphine: it's stupid and illogical but I love that."
(3) I just think [the film is] going to glorify the killing,” said Delphine Cherry , the mother of two children killed in separate shootings.
(4) The same could be asked of Delphine Arnault, the only woman on 21st Century Fox’s board of directors.
(5) Click here to view • This article was amended on 28 April 2014 because the original picture caption of Cosima Niehaus called Delphine "another of the clones".
(6) We should not feel poverty so harshly," says Delphine Djiraibe, one of the heads of the Chadian Civil Society Network for Peace and Reconciliation ( CSAPR ) coalition of NGOs, established in 2002, that has repeatedly criticised the poor management of this windfall.
(7) Delphine, where do you stand on the misdeeds of either Ailes or O’Reilly?
(8) They get glory about watching the pain of the parents,” Delphine Cherry says.
(9) The assistant public prosecutor, Delphine Dewailly, argued: “Given that he was not aware there was a danger, he cannot be criticised for not having acted to do something about it.” The youngsters were electrocuted about 30 minutes after the police left the site.
(10) Shariah scholars hold vastly different views on the application of the death penalty, particularly for cases of “ta’zir.” Delphine Lourtau, research director at Cornell Law School’s Death Penalty Worldwide, adds that there are Shariah law experts “whose views are that procedural safeguards surrounding capital punishment are so stringent that they make death penalty almost virtually impossible.” She says in Saudi Arabia, defendants are not provided defence lawyers and in numerous cases of South Asians arrested for drug trafficking, they are not provided translators in court hearings.
(11) The BioMedicus and Delphin centrifugal pump systems were tested in two side-by-side, identical in vitro flow loops for blood trauma and flow probe accuracy.
(12) The dreadlocked scientist with a penchant for lava lamps – and for another scientist, Delphine "Cosima's sort of a hippy stoner.
(13) Here, Benedita Rocha, Pierre Vassalli and Delphine Guy-Grand discuss the rules of selection of extrathymic T cells, assess the possible role of these cells in the defence of epithelial integrity and their potential role in autoimmune disease.
(14) Another former minister, Delphine Batho, said this week of the Baupin case: “It’s only the tip of the iceberg.
(15) "It is a setback for our battle against rape and gender violence but we will not give up," said Delphine Serumaga.
(16) At the Town Hall for the 11th Arrondissement in Paris, Delphine, 35, said the family had been trying to reach Aurélie all night.
(17) I have not watched the news or slept since last night.” Delphine told the paper her sister was fond of music and culture and had loved to draw.
(18) Ever since Hollande sacked his environment minister Delphine Batho this month after she criticised government budget cuts, the president has been under pressure to prove that he is serious about ecology and is not in thrall to the oil and gas lobby.
(19) The main thing is that we were able to break into the British market, not an easy task; it would have been impossible from the continent,” says Delphine Vernhes, export manager at Santé Verte.