sibylline

These words, however sibylline for the uninitiated, were extremely revealing, and I pondered them for a long time.
Ces mots, quoique sibyllins pour les profanes, étaient de très forts révélateurs et je les méditai longtemps.
It appears only in a brief and sibylline phrase, added at the last minute of the negotiations to the effect that these documents have no impact on the legal position of the European Community, of its Member States, or of Canada.
Elle n'apparaît qu'au détour d'une phrase brève et sibylline, ajoutée à la dernière minute des négociations : »Ces documents n'ont pas d'incidence sur la position juridique de la Communauté européenne, de ses États membres et du Canada ».
In her sibylline responses, he tried to find something she could barely enunciate.
Dans ses réponses sibyllines, il essayait de trouver quelque chose qu'elle pouvait à peine énoncer.
They give the plate a religious, even sibylline, character.
Ils donnent au plat un caractère religieux, voire sibyllin.
The Sibylline Oracles predicted the the end of the world was coming.
Les oracles sibyllins ont prédit que la fin du monde approchait.
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