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Definition of Dusky

1. Adjective. Lighted by or as if by twilight. "A boat on a twilit river"

2. Adjective. Naturally having skin of a dark color. "`swart' is archaic"

Definition of Dusky

1. a. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley.

Definition of Dusky

1. somewhat dark [adj DUSKIER, DUSKIEST] : DUSKILY [adv]

Medical Definition of Dusky

1. 1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley. "Through dusky lane and wrangling mart." (Keble) 2. Tending to blackness in colour; partially black; dark-coloured; not bright; as, a dusky brown. "When Jove in dusky clouds involves the sky." (Dryden) "The figure of that first ancestor invested by family tradition with a dim and dusky grandeur." (Hawthorne) 3. Gloomy; sad; melancholy. "This dusky scene of horror, this melancholy prospect." (Bentley) 4. Intellectually clouded. "Though dusky wits dare scorn astrology." (Sir P. Sidney) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dusky

duskening duskens dusker duskest duskier duskiest duskily duskiness duskinesses dusking

duskish duskly duskness dusks dusky (current term) dusky (current term) dusky-footed woodrat dusky salamander dusky shark Dusseldorf

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