Definitions for darkly

darkly dark·ly

Spelling: [dahrk-lee]
IPA: /ˈdɑrk li/

Darkly is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in darkly (adklry).

Definitions for darkly

adverb

  1. so as to appear dark.
  2. vaguely; mysteriously.
  3. in a vaguely threatening or menacing manner:
  4. imperfectly; faintly.

Origin of darkly

before 1000; Middle English derkly, Old English deorclīce (in figurative sense only). See dark, -ly

Examples for darkly

Albert's face was darkly red under the lash of his grandfather's tongue.

Smart, so smart, and darkly handsome; a practical joker, large-hearted and fun.

"I shall not go to bed, I shall never go to bed," said Charmian darkly.

“Well we have a new parliament and there are no excuses left,” he says darkly.

In the Spain of to-day these things are seen as through a glass, darkly.

He did not know the countenance it masked so darkly, but that same cloak he knew!

He looks at me darkly, as if to blame me for the price of movie tickets.

At the impressive Memorial Museum in Caen there is a darkly lit subterranean section called “France in the Dark Years.”

But this season he turns down the wattage, playing a darkly serious role in a play said to be about fly-fishing.

Am I so utterly disreputable that you find it necessary to frown on me so darkly?

Word Value for darkly
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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