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[ twahy-lit ] / ˈtwaɪˌlɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR twilit ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelighted by or as by twilight: a twilit cathedral. Origin of twilitFirst recorded in 1865–70; twi(light) + lit1 Words nearby twilittwilight, Twilight of the Gods, twilight sleep, twilight state, twilight zone, twilit, twill, twill weave, T.W.I.M.C., twin, twin bed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for twilitWith his hands clasped behind him, as though even yet he dared not touch her, he crossed the twilit room toward her. The Street Called Straight|Basil King But it was another thought that kept her silent as they strolled to and fro upon the twilit sward. Denis Dent|Ernest W. Hornung In the stillness of the twilit courtyard she could hear the sounds of laughter and talking from the Quadrangle. Molly Brown's Freshman Days|Nell Speed Thanks, I dined on the way up—in a twilit refreshment-room, with one waiter and a number of attendant black-beetles. With Edged Tools|Henry Seton Merriman
A man who probably meant well was playing long, yellowish, twilit wails on a cornet, somewhere on the outskirts. The Innocents|Sinclair Lewis
Words related to twilitfunereal, bleak, brunette, cheerless, cloudy, dark, desolate, dim, dismal, dull, gloomy, joyless, obscure, overcast, sable, shadowy, shady, swarthy, tenebrous, twilight |