English Explanatory Dictionary

darkly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv

With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.
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.

adj

Relating to darkness or obscurity.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɑːkli/ /ˈdɑɹkli/ en-au-darkly.ogg

Word forms

darkly darklier more darkly darkliest most darkly

Etymology

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

Synonyms

blackly sably anonymously obscurely unapparently unnoticeably covertly furtively inconspicuously secretly stealthily surreptitiously fathomlessly inscrutably mysteriously vaguely bafflingly perplexingly puzzlingly forebodingly threateningly

Translations

Esperanto: mistere French: mystérieusement Greek: μυστηριωδώς Italian: misteriosamente Italian: oscuramente Italian: tenebrosamente Spanish: misteriosamente

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