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darkeningly

darkeningly adverb: so as to darken.

Adverb

darkeningly (comparative more darkeningly, superlative most darkeningly)

  1. So as to darken.
    • In addition, he wore […] a soft black hat that hung darkeningly over his eyes.1919, Theodore Dreiser, Twelve Men
    • Up from the floor, from the depths of the corners, […] along the tin-pipe reaching into the ceiling, crept the summer darkness. Only at a blotch of sunlight did it hesitate, tentative as a leaf-flicker on the whitewashed plaster, then moment by long moment it seeped in darkeningly.1962, Rudy Wiebe, Peace Shall Destroy Many

Forms of darkeningly

comparativemore darkeningly
superlativemost darkeningly

Origin of darkeningly

From darkening + -ly.

Questions about darkeningly

What does darkeningly mean?
Darkeningly means so as to darken.
What part of speech is darkeningly?
Darkeningly is an adverb.

Words near darkeningly in the dictionary

  1. darkening
  2. darkening a church door
  3. darkening down
  4. darkening someone's door
  5. darkening up
  6. darkeningly
  7. darkenings
  8. darkens
  9. darkens a church door
  10. darkens down
  11. darkens someone's door

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