darkly

Meanings

Adverb

• With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension
• With a dark appearance
• In a manner which is not readily visible or noticeable; inconspicuously
• In a manner which retards or prevents discernment; clandestinely
• In a manner which is difficult to understand, or which retards or prevents understanding; incomprehensibly
• In a manner which tends to produce uncertainty or confusion; bewilderingly
• In a manner which produces an inward conviction of future misfortune; ominously
• In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly

Adjective

• Relating to darkness or obscurity.

Origin

• From Middle English derkly, derkely, derkliche, derkeliche, from Old English deorclīċe, equivalent to dark + -ly.
• From Middle English derkely, equivalent to dark + -ly.