darkly
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adverb
- With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.
- With a dark appearance.
- In a manner which is not readily visible or noticeable; inconspicuously.
- In a manner which retards or prevents discernment; clandestinely.
- In a manner which is difficult to understand, or which retards or prevents understanding; incomprehensibly.
- In a manner which tends to produce uncertainty or confusion; bewilderingly.
- In a manner which produces an inward conviction of future misfortune; ominously.
- In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly.
Adjective
- Relating to darkness or obscurity.
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