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Word entry · 6 letters

darkly

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"Dimly"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɑːkli/Part of speech adverbSorted adklryStarts with DEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. In a dim, gloomy, or ominous way.

Word origin

From Middle English derkly, derkely, derkliche, derkeliche; equivalent to dark + -ly. Compare Old English deorclīċe, a parallel formation.

Used in a sentence

  • I could make out his image darkly.
  • For now we ſee through a glaſſe darkley: but then face to face: now I know in part, but then ſhall I know euen as alſo I am knowen.
  • With his hands behind his back he walked through the echoing rooms. In the reddish mist his shadow flitted darkly across the mirrors on the walls.

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