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• The talk then turned darkly to the prospects for building a Dead Hand of their own.From the entry dead hand
• He warned us darkly that capital will never be sated.From the entry capital
• The critic described the character’s smile as darkly maleficent.From the entry maleficent
• They spoke darkly of the unsurvivability of a nuclear attack.From the entry unsurvivability
• Ash of the Womb is a dreamgaze beauty that is darkly elegant.2022 January 14, Angela, “Best of 2021: Angela’s List”, in Nine Circles, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024. From the entry dreamgaze
• 'Too many of our own fullas like that as well,' Brayling said darkly.2018, Ngaio Marsh, Stella Duffy, Money in the Morgue, →ISBN, page 242. From the entry fulla
• An unwanted distraction looms darkly on the horizon, a postseasonal hurricane.2017, Scott Johnson, Heartstrings in B-Flat Minor. From the entry postseasonal
• Soon we'll be out of the teens.” “And ungroundable,” Eve agreed darkly.2010, Piers Anthony, Jumper Cable, →ISBN. From the entry ungroundable
• Etienne was so darkly handsome, and he was standing so close her heart bounced with anticipation.2010, Christina Hollis, chapter 6, in The French Aristocrat's Baby, Mills & Boon, page 128. From the entry trophy partner
• Adolf Hitler in self-commiseratory mood once spoke darkly of dying and said he had chosen his successor.1939, Douglas Reed, LIFE -- Göring 11 September 1939, Time Inc, →ISSN Invalid ISSN. From the entry commiseratory
• Then you'll dip-coat them with darkly colored soap.2015, Alicia Grosso, DIY Artisanal Soaps: Make Your Own Custom, Handcrafted Soaps!, →ISBN. From the entry dip-coat
• “I doona ken how he found us,” he muttered darkly.2005, Karen Marie Moning, Spell of the Highlander, page 122. From the entry doona
• For all the play's stiff-upper-lipped pukkaness, however, Sherriff's language sounds grittily fresh in David Grindley's darkly claustrophobic production.2005 April 26, Neil Cooper, “Theatre JOURNEY'S END, THEATRE ROYAL, GLASGOW 4/5”, in The Herald, Scotland. From the entry pukkaness
• A name out of the past, a darkly Celtic presence: jet-black hair, the same as Minogue had had, tall.1988, John Brady, A Stone of the Heart, St Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry Iseult
• 'I reckon he's balmy,' Claud said, and Bert grinned darkly, rolling his misty eye slowly round in its socket.1958 April 1, Roald Dahl, “Parson's Pleasure”, in Esquire, page 148. From the entry balmy
• It's a mouth-puckeringly tart movie that's tonally in a world of its own – darkly disturbing, absurd, brutal and silly, with a batsqueak of bonkers.2019 November 21, Cath Clarke, “Judy & Punch review – brutal and brilliantly bizarre #MeToo fairytale”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The…. From the entry mouth-puckeringly
• From both sides of his head a blackness swiftly grew like blinders on a horse and darkly narrowed his field of vision.1969, Kenzaburō Ōe, chapter 5, in John Nathan, transl., A Personal Matter, New York: Grove Press, page 84. From the entry blinder
• But now, he would have love in his own way, haughtily, passionately, and darkly, with dark, arrowy desire, and a strange, arrowily-submissive woman.1924, D. H. Lawrence, The Boy in the Bush. From the entry arrowily
• "Not now, Smee," Hook said darkly.1911, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “The Island Come True”, in Peter and Wendy, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons…. From the entry mischief
• A darkly toned short story collection from the Japanese underground writer about a series of spiky tongued, bad girl narrators whose lives are hilariously altered by supernatural occurrences.2024 March 6, Agnès Houghton-Boyle, “CAHYATI IN CONVERSATION: MEET THE TEAM BEHIND BALI'S BOLDEST PRRINTMAKERS”, in Fetch.London, archived…. From the entry blondster
• I also found it horrific at times and ultimately moving in a bizarre way,” a darkly comic allegorical comment about modern life and love in the age of Tinder.2016 June 3, Colin Covert, “Colin Farrell feasts on ‘The Lobster’s’ surreal vision”, in The News & Observer, volume 152, number 155, page 3C. From the entry funny-ish
• There's plenty of stylistic diversity in the scene, which ranges from the electric girl pop of the Parselmouths to the darkly gleaming hip-hop of Swish and Flick.2009 July 20, Lev Grossman, “The Boy Who Rocked”, in Time. From the entry wrock
• All of the stories have a subtle undercurrent of brutality, and the writing is consistently sharp, direct and darkly funny, and there’s not a clunker in the bunch.2006, Elizabeth Crane, "Books: Best book by a Chicago author" (Review of Trouble by Patrick Somerville), Time Out Chicago, 28 Dec.…. From the entry clunker
• This corticating cell divides rapidly to form a further outer layer of 2-4 corticating cells and in many cases cuts off anteriorly a darkly staining incipient tetrasporangial initial.1982, Australian Journal of Botany, volume 30, page 333. From the entry corticating
• Now, I suppose it would be viewed darkly and thought to be slightly lesbianoid but as far as I knew it was nothing more than heroine-worship.1971, Nursing Mirror and Midwives Journal. From the entry lesbianoid

Meaning of darkly

1. adverb With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.
2. adverb With a dark appearance.
3. adverb In a manner which is not readily visible or noticeable; inconspicuously.

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How do you use darkly in a sentence?

Darkly is used as an adverb and adjective. For example: “I could make out his image darkly.”

What is a short sentence with darkly?

“A Scanner Darkly”

What does darkly mean?

Darkly means with insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.