murky
adjective
dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
murkily
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a word derived from
murky.
Example Sentences
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NORFOLK, Va. — When the Titan submersible made its fateful dive into the North Atlantic on Sunday, it also plunged into the murkily regulated waters of deep-sea exploration.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Medical historians say that’s typically how past pandemics have “ended” — murkily, with some gradual but mass cultural or psychological shift that maybe doesn’t have all that much to do with scientific reality.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
He disguised the truth in a murkily doomed romance between the narrator and Sally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2016
His new assignment, a bit murkily drawn, is to persuade native Hawaiian groups to bless a gate that will enable access to a launch site.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2015
On the walls were several prints, which were of elongated figures, murkily colored.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
