twilight
noun
the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.
twilighty
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a word derived from
twilight.
Example Sentences
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"Why," crowed Roger jubilantly, "I can, 'cause the more twilighty it gets, the more it's Christmas eve!"
From When the Yule Log Burns A Christmas Story by Leona Dalrymple
Miriam's beautiful twilighty parlour looked stiff and stupid.
From Sons and Lovers by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Monday, June 26.—With a clear sky it was quite twilighty at noon to-day.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
