dusky
adjective
somewhat dark; having little light; dim; shadowy.
duskily
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a word derived from
dusky.
Example Sentences
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Peterson’s production — duskily lighted by Peter Maradudin on a quickly metamorphosing set by Myung Hee Cho and featuring a coordinated ensemble that grasps the feeling underlying the drama — has a discreet efficiency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2019
The Cajun men in undershirts cluster around Duke as he moves across a duskily lit softball field, praising his courage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just then a figure duskily defined itself before me and addressed me in a gruff whisper.
From Turns about Town by Robert Cortes Holliday
A great carved doorway opened upon a square second hall or lobby, through which the ray of the single candle glanced duskily, and touched the massive banisters of a broad staircase.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Margaret said, and as she smiled, Michael for the first time saw her likeness to her brother; it had escaped him before, because Freddy was very fair and Margaret was duskily dark.
From There was a King in Egypt by Norma Lorimer
