dimly
17
1.2
- adverb
- /ˈdɪmli/
:
débilmente
- He squinted to see the notes on his page in the dimly lit room, struggling to read the faint words.
- a dimly lit room
- a dimly lit chamber
- dimly lit
It has to be like a fine restaurant, dimly lit, quiet.
- It has to be like a fine restaurant, dimly lit, quiet.
- And we went to this, you know, dimly lit, crowded, very loud Mexican restaurant on the Lower East Side.
- And it was like right out of a movie scene, like we're on this dimly lit cobblestone, like almost back alley type spot.
Examples
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A figure moving about, dimly viewed, but this much is clear.
Fiction book (1993) -
The club itself is, of course, dimly lit and the basic decor is black.
Fiction book (1992) -
Is that better than being the same dimly lit round table?
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Russell ran through another door and down a dimly lit stone corridor.
Fiction book (1993) -
The participants sat approximately 4 to 5.5 m from a screen in a dimly lit room.
Academic text (2001) -
It was a dimly lit room.
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The room is now a dimly lit place of shadow and suspense.
Fiction book (1992) -
Behind them, the line of refugees stood in silence, dimly visible in the cold starlit night.
Fiction book (1992) -
The two men watched, aghast, as she wended her way across the dimly lit room.
Fiction book (1991) -
SWEATSHOP DAY: Row upon row of knitting machines stand idle on the huge, dimly lit shop floor.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
47
2.7
In a way that is only slightly noticeable
7
4.0
In a place with little or no light
1
6.8
In a weak, light way that shows little color or energy
1
4.1
In a way that shows little light or shine
1
7.5
In a dark, unclear way that is hard to see or understand
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dimly comes from the old English word dim, meaning 'faint' or 'weak', with the ending -ly that makes it an adverb, and it is related to the modern word dimmer. Think of a candle or a dimmer switch that gives little light — dimly means 'with only a weak light'.