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Definition of Duskiest
1. dusky [adj] - See also: dusky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duskiest
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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