Definition of Duskly

1. in a darkish manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Duskly

dusken
duskened
duskening
duskens
dusker
duskest
duskier
duskies
duskiest
duskily
duskiness
duskinesses
dusking
duskish
dusklight
duskly (current term)
duskness
dusks
dusktime
dusky
dusky-footed woodrat
dusky salamander
dusky shark
dusmatovite
dussertite
dust
dust-covered
dust-off
dust-up
dust asthma

Literary usage of Duskly

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

1. The Contemporary Review (1873)
"... beneath Her bosoms heave, and in the space between, duskly tattooed, is seen A figure small as of a pine-bark brand Held blazing in a hand. ..."

2. Graham's Magazine by George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe (1845)
"... which have no certainty of shape, Drift duskly in and ont." Her poems are full of expressions and imaginations which seem to have been torn out of lier ..."

3. Star-names and Their Meanings by Richard Hinckley Allen (1899)
"And here fantastic fishes duskly float, Using the calm for waters, while their fires Throb out i]uick rhythms along the shallow air. Mrs. Browning's.-! ..."

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