dimlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈdɪmli/, U.S.

/ˈdɪmli/

Forms: In Middle English dimluker (comparative), Middle English dymly.

Etymology: representing Old English type *dimlíce , < dimlíc adjective, dim, obscure: compare -ly suffix².

In a dim manner; in or with a dim light; obscurely; somewhat darkly; faintly, indistinctly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [adverb]

dimly?c1225

dim1393

remissly1530

murmuringly1611

faintly1800

vague1864

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adverb]

dimly?c1225

obscurelyc1586

foggily1755

dim1821

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adverb]

deeplyc888

highOE

darkOE

dimly?c1225

darklyc1350

mistilya1382

murklya1400

subtlya1500

obscurelya1527

confuselya1530

diffuselyc1530

confusedly?1531

diffusedly1567

difficultly1568

indistinctly1580

enigmatically1590

perplexedly1603

subtilely1605

abstrusely1611

cloudily1651

oracularly1654

perplexly1670

reclusely1673

irrecognizably1841

Pickwickianly1866

delphically1927

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adverb] > indistinctly

thicklyc1400

indistinctly1580

obscurelyc1586

veiledly1646

dimly1667

blindly1686

shadowyc1804

mistily1813

hazily1818

filmily1853

shadowly1866

blurrily1868

vaguely1871

smudgedly1889

faintly1892

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 157 Ha walden..iþe deofles seruise dimluker bemen.

a1400–50 Alexander 718 Þan Anec..Dryvez up a dede voyce, and dymly he spekes.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 375 Dymly bisoȝten, Þat þat penaunce plesed him.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 137 As sayn poule sayth dymely, hyt ys the pedagoge of chryst.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 157 To us invisible or dimly seen In these thy lowest works.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 265. ¶9 A Fire burns dimly..in the light of the Sun.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 49 The figures looked dimly down like gods out of a mysterious sky.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxvi. 49 Perish who earth's hid veins first labour'd dimly to quarry.

1885 Spectator 8 Aug. 1041/1 This was dimly felt at the time and has been more distinctly recognised since.

Compounds

dimly-labouring adj.

ΚΠ

1842 I. Williams Baptistery I. ii. 192 Like the dimly-labouring Moon.

dimly-lit adj.

ΚΠ

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. xviii. 254 Dimly-lit chambers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dimly
释义	dimlyadv. Brit. /ˈdɪmli/, U.S. /ˈdɪmli/ Forms: In Middle English dimluker (comparative), Middle English dymly. Etymology: representing Old English type dimlíce , < dimlíc* adjective, dim, obscure: compare -ly suffix². In a dim manner; in or with a dim light; obscurely; somewhat darkly; faintly, indistinctly. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [adverb] dimly?c1225 dim1393 remissly1530 murmuringly1611 faintly1800 vague1864 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adverb] dimly?c1225 obscurelyc1586 foggily1755 dim1821 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adverb] deeplyc888 highOE darkOE dimly?c1225 darklyc1350 mistilya1382 murklya1400 subtlya1500 obscurelya1527 confuselya1530 diffuselyc1530 confusedly?1531 diffusedly1567 difficultly1568 indistinctly1580 enigmatically1590 perplexedly1603 subtilely1605 abstrusely1611 cloudily1651 oracularly1654 perplexly1670 reclusely1673 irrecognizably1841 Pickwickianly1866 delphically1927 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adverb] > indistinctly thicklyc1400 indistinctly1580 obscurelyc1586 veiledly1646 dimly1667 blindly1686 shadowyc1804 mistily1813 hazily1818 filmily1853 shadowly1866 blurrily1868 vaguely1871 smudgedly1889 faintly1892 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 157 Ha walden..iþe deofles seruise dimluker bemen. a1400–50 Alexander 718 Þan Anec..Dryvez up a dede voyce, and dymly he spekes. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 375 Dymly bisoȝten, Þat þat penaunce plesed him. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 137 As sayn poule sayth dymely, hyt ys the pedagoge of chryst. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 157 To us invisible or dimly seen In these thy lowest works. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 265. ¶9 A Fire burns dimly..in the light of the Sun. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 49 The figures looked dimly down like gods out of a mysterious sky. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxvi. 49 Perish who earth's hid veins first labour'd dimly to quarry. 1885 Spectator 8 Aug. 1041/1 This was dimly felt at the time and has been more distinctly recognised since. Compounds dimly-labouring adj. ΚΠ 1842 I. Williams Baptistery I. ii. 192 Like the dimly-labouring Moon. dimly-lit adj. ΚΠ 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. xviii. 254 Dimly-lit chambers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.?c1225
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