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Synonyms for duskily

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

Top 10 synonyms for duskily
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Définition of duskily

Origin :
  • 1550s, "somewhat dark," from dusk + -y (2). Related: Duskiness.
  • As in obscurely : adv dimly
Example sentences :
  • It became once more elusive, duskily mysterious in its lines.
  • Extract from : « The Light of the Star » by Hamlin Garland
  • "I'll tell you something, too," retorted the captain, duskily flushing.
  • Extract from : « The Wrecker » by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
  • The water roared, and the leafless trees groaned in the wind, and the great leaden clouds of rain or fog enveloped it duskily.
  • Extract from : « Folle-Farine » by Ouida
  • Their ragged branches cut in a sharp ebony pattern against the sky, which was duskily blue.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound » by Harold Bindloss
  • The weather-beaten bloom of his face shone through it duskily, as the ripe peaches look upon their trees in a dry season.
  • Extract from : « The Virginian » by Owen Wister
  • The shadows were long, he told them, for the moon was up and the world was dimly white and duskily blue.
  • Extract from : « The Frontiersmen » by Charles Egbert Craddock
  • It was duskily clear, with a great lake of crimson light dying into purple over the hills of midsummer heather.
  • Extract from : « Stories by English Authors: Scotland » by Various
  • A wave of crimson, duskily perceptible under his sunburned skin, surged over Ches Maybin's face.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • It was duskily shaded there, and through the flickering green we noticed a vivid, red spot that was like a flame.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in Arcady » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • She stood, a duskily glowing, radiant emblem of life against the background of spring greenery and rioting convolvulus.
  • Extract from : « Simon the Jester » by William J. Locke
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