darkly
With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehensionWith insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.
» The choroid is a highly vascularised, darkly pigmented layer found in between the retina and the sclera of the eye.
Meaning
8 sensesWith insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.
I could make out his image darkly.
without light
With a dark appearance.
мра́чноmráčno, нея́сноnejásno, темно́temnó
in a dark glowering menacing manner
(figuratively)In a manner which is not readily visible or noticeable; inconspicuously.
(figuratively)In a manner which retards or prevents discernment; clandestinely.
(figuratively)In a manner which is difficult to understand, or which retards or prevents understanding; incomprehensibly.
(figuratively)In a manner which tends to produce uncertainty or confusion; bewilderingly.
(figuratively)In a manner which produces an inward conviction of future misfortune; ominously.
(figuratively)In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly.
a darkly comic dystopian drama
Examples
1 sentencesThe choroid is a highly vascularised, darkly pigmented layer found in between the retina and the sclera of the eye.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English derkly, derkely, derkliche, derkeliche; equivalent to dark + -ly. CompFrom Middle English derkly, derkely, derkliche, derkeliche; equivalent to dark + -ly. Compare Old English deorclīċe, a parallel formation.
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Forms
darklier/more darkly, darkliest/most darkly| Comparative | darklier / more darkly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | darkliest / most darkly |
regular
Synonyms
22 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb