Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈdɪmli/
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ˈdɪmli
Adverb
In a dim manner; not clearly.
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I began dimly to understand.
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It was a miserable evening; outside it was snowing and blowing, and in the squire's parlour the candle burned so dimly that you could scarcely distinguish anything in the room but a clock-case with some Chinese ornaments, a large mirror in an old-fashioned frame, and a silver family tankard.
"The evil is for those benighted ones who will have none of it; seeing the light the true believers worship, as the fishes see the stars, but dimly."
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The well-heeled gay yuppies of Bay Village would just as soon banish Drag Queens and hustlers entirely from their lives, only to dimly acknowledge them once a year in flowery paeans to "the gay men and Lesbians who rioted at Stonewall and gave birth to our movement" on Gay Pride Day.
Adverb
in a dim indistinct manner
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we perceived the change only dimly
in a manner lacking interest or vitality
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a palely entertaining show
with a dim light
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a dimly lit room