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darkly

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Adverb

  1. With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.
  2. With a dark appearance.
  3. In a manner which is not readily visible or noticeable; inconspicuously.
  4. In a manner which retards or prevents discernment; clandestinely.
  5. In a manner which is difficult to understand, or which retards or prevents understanding; incomprehensibly.
  6. In a manner which tends to produce uncertainty or confusion; bewilderingly.
  7. In a manner which produces an inward conviction of future misfortune; ominously.
  8. In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly.

Adjective

  1. Relating to darkness or obscurity.

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