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semidarkness

[ sem-ee-dahrk-nis, sem-ahy- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1840–50; semi- + darkness

We found a resting place under the semidarkness of an oil tanker.

Here it is a little better; but it's never light in this cell,—always in semidarkness.

He broke off suddenly, gave a hasty look around and bolted off the end of the porch into the semidarkness of the lawn.

That dream always ends by my standing there in the semidarkness talking to an empty house.

The sudden transition from sunlight to semidarkness bewildered him for a moment, doubtless, for he stood there without speaking.

But nowhere was there a sign of life, and would not be until semidarkness brought the unwilling workers back to the tents.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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