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dim-lit

dim-lit adjective: dimly illuminated.

Adjective

dim-lit (comparative more dim-lit, superlative most dim-lit)

  1. Dimly illuminated.
    • The distance down a dim-lit, dark dusty road was too far for the eye to see, not for the fainthearted to aloft on foot.2014, B. G. Simpson, Bailey’s Road
    • Collin stepped through the doorway and into the dim-lit room.2015, R.M. Houchin, A Desert Kill

Forms of dim-lit

comparativemore dim-lit
superlativemost dim-lit
alternative formdimlit

Origin of dim-lit

From dim + lit.

Words that rhyme with dim-lit

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Questions about dim-lit

What does dim-lit mean?
Dim-lit means dimly illuminated.
What part of speech is dim-lit?
Dim-lit is an adjective.

Words near dim-lit in the dictionary

  1. dim sum
  2. dim sum bond
  3. dim sum bonds
  4. dim-bulb
  5. dim-headed
  6. dim-lit
  7. dim-sighted
  8. dim-witted
  9. dim-wittedly
  10. dim-wittedness
  11. dim-witticism

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