Definition of Duskiest

1. Adjective. (superlative of dusky) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Duskiest

1. dusky [adj] - See also: dusky

Lexicographical Neighbors of Duskiest

duse
dush
dushed
dushes
dushing
dusk
dusked
dusken
duskened
duskening
duskens
dusker
duskest
duskier
duskies
duskiest (current term)
duskily
duskiness
duskinesses
dusking
duskish
dusklight
duskly
duskness
dusks
dusktime
dusky
dusky-footed woodrat
dusky salamander
dusky shark

Literary usage of Duskiest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1893)
"Such is Commerce, which shakes the cocoa- nut and bread-fruit tree in the remotest isle, and sooner or later dawns on the duskiest and most simple-minded ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1880)
"... preludes on Current Events, is a noteworthy contribution to the lighting up and clearing up of some of the duskiest problems in our modern civilization. ..."

3. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1911)
"Such is Commerce, which shakes the cocoa- nut and bread-fruit tree in the remotest isle, and sooner or later dawns on the duskiest and most simple-minded ..."

4. Shelburne Essays by Paul Elmer More (1908)
"... and lull me into perfect sleep ; Down, down, far-hidden in thy duskiest cave; While all the clamorous years above me sweep Unheard, or, like the voice ..."

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