adjective
- relating to or characteristic of an oracle or prophecy
- spoken in a mysterious, ambiguous, or cryptic manner
Examples
- The ancient Greeks consulted the oracular pronouncements at Delphi.
- Her oracular statements left everyone wondering what she really meant.
- The professor’s oracular response to the student’s question was frustratingly vague.
- The fortune teller spoke in oracular riddles that could be interpreted many ways.
- His oracular wisdom seemed to come from some divine source.
- The poet’s oracular verses were filled with mysterious symbolism.