duskily
- 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
She is dying at this moment, or some calamity or other draws near to her; like a smoke before a conflagration, it mounts up duskily and in long clouds within my soul.
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
Just then a figure duskily defined itself before me and addressed me in a gruff whisper.
From Turns about Town by Holliday, Robert Cortes
We see in our picture of the olden times no revellers, but a "crowd of sad-visaged people moving duskily through a dull gray atmosphere," who found, as Carlyle said, that work was enjoyment enough.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
