darklyadverb
uk/ˈdɑːk.li/us/ˈdɑːrk.li/darkly adverb (THREATENING)
in a way that is threatening or frightening:
She hinted darkly that something had happened to him.
"Don't come any closer!" she hissed darkly.
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Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- anomie
- arch-villain
- be rotten to the core idiom
- canker
- evil
- evildoer
- go to the bad idiom
- godless
- hanky-panky
- heinous
- immoral
- scandalous
- seamy
- seedy
- shocking
- shockingly
- wicked
- wickedness
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Dangers and threats
darkly adverb (WITHOUT LIGHT)
in a way that has little or no light:
His figure could be seen darkly on the foggy moor.
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Darkness & becoming dark
- black
- black sth out
- blackness
- blackout
- dark
- darken
- deepen
- dingy
- draw
- draw in
- dull
- half-light
- inky
- moonless
- pitch-dark
- shade
- shady
- silhouette
- Stygian
- the gloaming
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