duskilyadv.
/ˈdʌskɪli/ In a dusky, dim, or obscure manner; dimly.
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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adverb] > dark
darkly1517
swartly1582
duskishly1589
duskily1611
sadly1616
swarthily1755
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adverb] > darkly, duskily, or dimly
thesterly1340
duskishly1589
duskily1611
duskly1844
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Obscurement, obscurely, darkly..duskily.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. vii. 182 Those arches that stand duskily beyond the citadel.
a1851 D. M. Moir Deserted Churchyard iv, in Poet. Wks. (1852) Or the crow that..Sail'd through the twilight duskily.
1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xvi.
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