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Grammar : Adj

Spell : dahr-kish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɑr kɪʃ

Definition of darkish

As in swarthy : adj dark-complexioned
As in dingy : adj soiled, tacky
As in dusky : adj dark-hued; murky

Example sentences :

He used to be darkish iron-grey, but his hair went snow-white in a fortnight.
Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

The animal had small eyes, and was of darkish color, almost black.
Extract from : « A Treasury of Eskimo Tales » by Clara Kern Bayliss

Over there, coming through that darkish spot between the foothills?
Extract from : « Across the Mesa » by Jarvis Hall

Perhaps she had been sitting over the fire in a darkish room.
Extract from : « Peterkin » by Mary Louisa Molesworth

Indeed it is, Bellew, especially when the night happens to be also darkish.
Extract from : « Wrecked but not Ruined » by R.M. Ballantyne

That was a little, darkish room too, but it was smothered in white lace.
Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

Here, give me your hand,” he said; “the passage is darkish at first.
Extract from : « Charlie to the Rescue » by R.M. Ballantyne

When you draw from relievos, tinge your paper of some darkish demi-tint.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Painting » by Leonardo Da Vinci

And it bein' sort o' darkish, he didn't try to open it till we got home.
Extract from : « Sweet Cicely » by Josiah Allen's Wife: Marietta Holley

He says those organisms are exceedingly minute, darkish or coloured granules, so small as to be immeasurable.
Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

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