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▪ I. darkly, adv.|ˈdɑːklɪ|
[f. dark a. + -ly2. OE. had deorclíce; but the word appears to have been formed anew in ME.]
In a dark manner or way. In OE. known only in the fig. sense ‘darkly in a moral sense, horridly, foully’.
c1000Gloss. Prudent. 142 Tetrum, deorclice.
1. In the dark; in secrecy, secretly.
c1600Shakes. Sonn. xliii, When I sleep, in dreams they [my eyes] look on thee, And darkly bright are bright in dark directed. 1601― All's Well iv. iii. 13, I will tell you a thing, but you shall let it dwell darkly with you. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 223 Bradwardin lieth buried in the South wall, somewhat darkly. a1845Hood Irish Schoolmaster vi, Tame familiar fowls..sit darkly squatting.
2. With a dark or sombre hue.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xliv. ii, On his noddle darkely flamyng Was set Saturne. 1641French Distill. v. (1651) 139 Melt it not, onely let it darkly glow. 1794Southey Sonn. viii, How darkly o'er yon far-off mountain frowns The gather'd tempest! a1835Mrs. Hemans Poems, Modern Greece, The river's darkly-rolling wave. 1843Mrs. Browning To Flush iii, Darkly brown thy body is.
3. In a gloomy, frowning, ominous manner.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, i. iv. 175 How darkly, and how deadly dost thou speake! 1601― Twel. N. ii. i. 4 My starres shine darkely ouer me. 1814Byron Corsair i. ix, His frown of hatred darkly fell. 1837Hawthorne Twice Told T. (1851) I. v. 76 The men of iron shook their heads and frowned so darkly, that the revellers looked up.
4. In an obscure, vague, or mysterious manner.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. x. 372 Where dowel is, or dobet derkelich ȝe shewen. c1450Merlin 53, I..will speke..so derkly that they shul not vndirstonde what I sey. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 213 This booke was..written of sett purpose very darkely. 1840Mrs. Norton Dream 151 Darkly-worded spells. 1889Jessopp Coming of Friars i. 3 Because he spoke so darkly, men listened all the more eagerly.
5. With obscure vision; dimly, blindly.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. lvii. (1869) 98 Sum time thou shalt se me thikkeliche and derkliche. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 185 In this lyfe we se and knowe god but confusely or derkly, as it were by a glasse. 1732Pope Ess. Man ii. 4 A being darkly wise, and rudely great. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 427 Are not we..seeking to discover that which Socrates in a glass darkly foresaw?
▪ II. ˈdarkly, a. rare.
[-ly1: cf. sickly.]
Dark-looking, somewhat dark.
1821Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 52 Sweet tiny flower of darkly hue. |
单词 darklong 释义 † darklong, adv.obs. variant of darkling.[Cf. headlong, sidelong.]1561......