dusky

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lighted by or as if by twilight

   The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn-Henry Fielding.

2. 2
   adj

   Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).

   I like it when it is dusky, just before the street lights come on.

3. 3
   adj

   Having a shade of color that is rather dark.

   The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors.

4. 4
   adj

   Dark-skinned.

   You have your lovers - dusky beaus / Not made of the poetic stuff / That sports an Apollonian nose, / And wears a sleek Byronic cuff.

From dusk + -y.

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