darkly.
With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.
Meaning & usage
With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.
I could make out his image darkly.
With a dark appearance.
In a manner which is not readily visible or noticeable; inconspicuously.
In a manner which retards or prevents discernment; clandestinely.
In a manner which is difficult to understand, or which retards or prevents understanding; incomprehensibly.
In a manner which tends to produce uncertainty or confusion; bewilderingly.
In a manner which produces an inward conviction of future misfortune; ominously.
In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly.
a darkly comic dystopian drama
Where this word comes from
From Middle English derkly, derkely, derkliche, derkeliche; equivalent to dark + -ly. Compare Old English deorclīċe, a parallel formation.
Relating to darkness or obscurity.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English derkely, equivalent to dark + -ly.
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