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Antonyms for duskiness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : duhs-kee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌs ki


Definition of duskiness

Origin :
  • 1550s, "somewhat dark," from dusk + -y (2). Related: Duskiness.
  • noun dark
Example sentences :
  • But all the ways of the owl are ways of softness and duskiness.
  • Extract from : « Bird Stories from Burroughs » by John Burroughs
  • Was it the duskiness of the evening, or passion, that made his face so dark?
  • Extract from : « Trevethlan: Volume 1 » by William Davy Watson
  • At last our old friend, the brook, peeped out again from the duskiness, and we pitched our camp on the bank.
  • Extract from : « Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Sven Hedin
  • He remarked the hat she wore, and the delicacy of a little ear against her hair's duskiness.
  • Extract from : « Cynthia » by Leonard Merrick
  • Her eyes, over which heavy lashes drooped diffidently, were bafflingly deep, as with rich colour drowned in duskiness.
  • Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck
  • It flickered, and struggled with the duskiness, but could not half light up the gloomy cavern with all its melancholy glimmer.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • She clapped her hands for joy, and beckoning him to make haste, disappeared among the duskiness of the trees.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He stooped down; but the duskiness of the valley, and the obscurity of twilight would not allow him to distinguish her features.
  • Extract from : « Undine » by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque
  • At length, when they had gone further and further into the heart of the duskiness, Medea squeezed Jason's hand.
  • Extract from : « Myths and Legends of All Nations » by Various
  • She clapped her hands for joy, and beckoning him to haste, disappeared among the duskiness of the trees.
  • Extract from : « Myths and Legends of All Nations » by Various

Synonyms for duskiness

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