darkly
Use Darkly in a sentence
li adverb
1.
so as to appear dark.
2.
vaguely; mysteriously.
3.
in a vaguely threatening or menacing manner: He hinted darkly that we had not heard the last of the matter.
4.
imperfectly; faintly.
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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World English Dictionary
dark (dɑːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having little or no light: a dark street |
| 2. | light Compare medium (of a colour) reflecting or transmitting little light: dark brown |
| 3. | a. (of complexion, hair colour, etc) not fair or blond; swarthy; brunette |
| b. (in combination): dark-eyed | |
| 4. | gloomy or dismal |
| 5. | sinister; evil: a dark purpose |
| 6. | sullen or angry: a dark scowl |
| 7. | ignorant or unenlightened: a dark period in our history |
| 8. | secret or mysterious: keep it dark |
| 9. | phonetics Compare light denoting an (l) pronounced with a velar articulation giving back vowel resonance. In English, l is usually dark when final or preconsonantal |
| 10. | informal stock exchange go dark (of a company) to remove itself from the register of major exchanges while continuing to trade |
| —n | |
| 11. | absence of light; darkness |
| 12. | night or nightfall |
| 13. | a dark place, patch, or shadow |
| 14. | a state of ignorance (esp in the phrase in the dark) |
| —vb | |
| 15. | an archaic word for darken |
| [Old English deorc; related to Old High German terchennen to hide] | |
| 'darkish | |
| —adj | |
| 'darkly | |
| —adv | |
| 'darkness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Darkly colored bands indicate smoke or other chemicals in the atmosphere.
Membranes in the soft dorsal fin are darkly pigmented in the center, becoming dusky near the margin.
He later described it as a darkly comic urban detective story with social commentary thrown in.
And, more darkly, computer advances suggest these redoubts of human skill will sooner or later fall to machines.
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