dusky

[DuskĀ·y]

Lighted by or as if by twilight

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

Adjective S.
naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart'' is archaic"

Adjective S.
lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"


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

a.
Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown.

a.
Gloomy; sad; melancholy.

a.
Intellectually clouded.


Dusky

Dusk"y , a. 1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley.
Through dusky lane and wrangling mart.
2. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown. Bacon.
When Jove in dusky clouds involves the sky.
The figure of that first ancestor invested by family tradition with a dim and dusky grandeur.
3. Gloomy; sad; melancholy.
This dusky scene of horror, this melancholy prospect.
4. Intellectually clouded.
Though dusky wits dare scorn astrology.

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

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Usage Examples

The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London.

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