darkly
/ˈdɑɹkli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.97 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.
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With a dark appearance.
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In a manner which is not readily visible or noticeable; inconspicuously.
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In a manner which retards or prevents discernment; clandestinely.
adv
In a manner which is difficult to understand, or which retards or prevents understanding; incomprehensibly.
adv
In a manner which tends to produce uncertainty or confusion; bewilderingly.
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In a manner which produces an inward conviction of future misfortune; ominously.
adv
In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "And still when loudliest howls the storm, / And darkliest lowers his native sky, / The king's fierce soul is in that form, / The warrior's spirit threatens nigh!"
- "Darkly painted machinery takes a great deal of light out of a shop; the rays seem to be absorbed into the somber pigments."
- "Under the south wind, rock ribs, black and shiny, melted off their snow caps and showed up darkly against the white."
Etymology
From Middle English derkly, derkely, derkliche, derkeliche; equivalent to dark + -ly. Compare Old English deorclīċe, a parallel formation.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɑɹkli/
- British English: /ˈdɑːkli/