wilfully/willfully obscure
Frequency: 4.03.2 per million words
Deliberately and intentionally difficult to understand.
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Examples (10)
- His writing style was wilfully obscure, making it inaccessible to many readers.
- Some artists choose to be willfully obscure, prioritizing artistic integrity over mass appeal.
- The politician's answers seemed wilfully obscure, avoiding any direct commitment.
- She found his explanations willfully obscure, as if he didn't want her to understand.
- The legal document was so wilfully obscure that only a specialist could interpret it.
- To avoid accountability, the report was made willfully obscure.
- He was accused of being wilfully obscure to hide his lack of a clear argument.
- The philosophical text was willfully obscure, challenging readers to delve deeper.
- By being wilfully obscure, the poet aimed to provoke thought and multiple interpretations.
- The instructions were willfully obscure, perhaps designed to make people ask for help.