darklyadv.

Brit.

/ˈdɑːkli/, U.S.

/ˈdɑrkli/

Forms: see dark adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dark adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < dark adj. + -ly suffix². Compare dark adv.

†1. Horribly, foully. Obsolete.In quot. OE with reference to the guilty conscience burning with thick smoke.

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OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Prudentius Glosses (1959) 22 Taetrum [flagrat enim uapore crasso horror conscius] : deorclice, aduerbium.

2. In an obscure, mysterious, or vague way; (sometimes) spec. in a figurative or allegorical way. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adverb]

deeplyc888

highOE

darkOE

dimly?c1225

darklyc1350

mistilya1382

murklya1400

subtlya1500

obscurelya1527

confuselya1530

diffuselyc1530

confusedly?1531

diffusedly1567

difficultly1568

indistinctly1580

enigmatically1590

perplexedly1603

subtilely1605

abstrusely1611

cloudily1651

oracularly1654

perplexly1670

reclusely1673

irrecognizably1841

Pickwickianly1866

delphically1927

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [adverb]

dighenlichec893

diȝelichec1200

darklyc1350

mysteriously1486

mystically1509

in (a) mystery1526

abstrusely1611

cryptically1663

oracularly1771

occultly1793

pokerishly1854

mystifically1880

sophically1888

sphinxily1889

mystifyingly1937

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adverb]

darklyc1350

mistilya1382

murklya1400

obscurelya1527

muddily1648

unclearly1648

reconditely1722

abstrusely1734

c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 38 (MED) Þe olde lawȝe..techeþ derklich wiþ figures..þe godspell..techeþ openlich.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 373 Where dowel is, or dobet derkelich ȝe shewen.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 53 I..will speke..so derkly that they shul not vndirstonde what I sey.

1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 213 (margin) This booke was..written of sett purpose, very darkely, that none might vnderstande it, but such as were learned.

1646 Burden Eng., Scotl., & Ireland 96 God hereby darkely instructing us to..separate one day in the circuit of every week, to the use of spirituall things.

1756 J. Wesley Let. 6 Jan. (1931) III. 358 It is not strange that you speak so confusedly and darkly as you generally do of the new birth, seeing you seem to have no conception of that faith whereby we are born again.

1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars i. 3 Because he spoke so darkly, men listened all the more eagerly.

2018 E. Wilson-Lee Catal. of Shipwrecked Bks. (2019) iii. 67 The book used the common belief that some pronouncements in the Bible, especially the cryptic sayings of the prophets and the Books of Wisdom, could be seen as darkly worded prophecies.

3. Chiefly with verbs of seeing or understanding: dimly; imperfectly; obscurely.Frequently with allusion to 1 Corinthians 13:12 (see quot. a1530 and cf. through a glass darkly at glass n.¹ Additions).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adverb] > of dimness or poor vision

darklya1398

mistilya1634

mole-blindedly1882

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adverb] > blindly

darklya1398

sightlessly1847

blindly1855

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxx. 861 Ymages and schappes ben yseye þerinne as it were a merour, but þat is dyuersliche and derkliche.

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 98 Sum time thou shalt see me thikkeliche and derkliche.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxv In this lyfe we se & knowe god but confusely or derkly, as it were by a glasse.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man ii. 4 A Being darkly wise, and rudely great.

1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon II. xvi. 241 It has been given unto us only partially to discern the working of the feminine mind, and to understand darkly that it works on lines wholly different from our own.

1901 Catholic Univ. Bull. July 324 Even when we have much knowledge on certain economic topics, the actual circumstances are often darkly apprehended.

2002 Afr. Today 49 133 Outside observers of Africa often can see only darkly; things are not always what they appear to be.

4. So as to have a dark colour or shade; with a dark colour or appearance.

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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adverb] > dark

darkly1517

swartly1582

duskishly1589

duskily1611

sadly1616

swarthily1755

1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xliv. 216 On his noddle derkely flamynge Was sette Saturne.

a1631 J. Downe Transubstantiation 25 in Certaine Treat. (1633) Even as a Picture..when it is perfected and set forth with liuely colours, better representeth the person of the Prince, then when no more but the first lineaments thereof are drawne, or it is yet but darkly coloured.

1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 24 The Daisy, Primrose, Violet darkly blue, And Polyanthus of unnumber'd Dyes.

1843 E. B. Barrett To Flush in Athenæum 22 July 670/3 Darkly brown thy body is.

1979 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 27 Nov. Erik Estrada fans, relax. The darkly handsome bachelor, one of the most eligible in Hollywood, is still eligible.

2006 Decanter June (Argentina 2006 Suppl.) 17/1 It is very easy to produce darkly coloured wines that lack structure.

†5. Secretly, in secrecy; without the knowledge of others. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb]

stillyc1000

dernlyc1175

dernea1200

privement?c1225

hidlingsa1250

in hidela1300

in scubardisa1300

stilla1300

hidel-likea1325

privyc1330

ywryȝeliche1340

in secre wysec1374

hidinglya1382

hidlya1382

in privy1384

closea1387

secrelyc1386

stalworthlya1400

covertlyc1400

secrec1405

in hidlings1422

secretly1447

secretementc1470

in secret1474

hugger-muggera1529

in hugger-mugger1529

secret1539

underboard1548

closely1552

darkly1559

in secret wise1563

hiddenly1580

tectly1587

underwater1600

concealedly1622

underground1632

occultly1641

in petto1647

under the rosea1704

subterraneously1791

suppressedly1825

underfoot1860

1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale vii. v. f. 151 Whereas..we be commaunded to geue our almes so darkelye, that the right hande maye not knowe what the lift dothe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 12 I will tell you a thing, but you shall let it dwell darkly with you.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 223 Bradwardin lieth buried in the South wall, somewhat darkly.

1896 W. Earée Lyrics of Life iii. 62 It [sc. a snake]..creeps down in my bracken, Darkly hiding beneath.

a. In a gloomy, ominous, or sinister way; in a threatening way.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [adverb]

darkly1597

presagingly1612

forefeelingly1808

bodingly1811

presagefully1844

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb] > in a gloomy or depressing manner

louringly1576

drearily1579

dernly1590

darkly1597

gloomingly1598

dolesomelya1626

discouraginglya1651

mopishly1651

dismally1653

depressivelya1670

surlily1711

dishearteningly1742

funereally1774

cheerlessly1789

unjoyously1812

ghastily1829

ghastlily1829

desolately1831

unjoyfully1831

depressingly1847

lugubriously1848

dispiritingly1882

uncheerfully1890

drearly1891

greyly1898

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adverb]

distemperatelya1398

thraftlya1578

darkly1597

moodily1611

mustily1620

distemperedlya1639

sullenly1650

morosely1654

sullen1718

grumly1727

ill-humouredly1795

sulkily1796

sumphishly1850

biliously1865

glumpily1865

farouchely1931

frumpily1934

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adverb] > in a portentous manner, ominously

prodigiously?1550

darkly1597

portentously1656

inauspiciously1684

unauspiciouslya1797

bodingly1811

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iv. 166 How darkly, and how deadly doest thou speake.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. i. 3 My starres shine darkely ouer me; the malignancie of my fate, might perhaps distemper yours.

1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales I. v. 87 The men of iron shook their heads and frowned so darkly, that the revellers looked up.

1971 S. Howatch Penmarric (1972) i. i. 17 ‘You take after your mama,’ Nanny was in the habit of saying to me, and each time she would add darkly to the nursemaid, ‘More's the pity.’

2000 M. Beaumont e 164 I asked a fisherman why all the boats had been hauled off the beach and he muttered darkly about a typhoon.

b. With reference to comedy, humour, etc.: in a way which is dark in style or content (see dark adj. 7d).

ΚΠ

1914 Independent 27 Apr. 173 The story..has a detached calmness, a spectator-like cynicism and a cold, darkly humorous, mocking analysis in the telling.

1966 Sunday Times 9 Jan. 22/5 ‘The Boneyard’ explored the differences between mysticism and madness by recounting, in darkly comic terms, the problems of a police constable who imagines that the crucified Jesus speaks to him.

1999 Varsity 5 Nov. 26/2 Porterhouse Blue is a darkly humorous tale of intrigue and simmering resentment within a Cambridge college.

2003 Independent 15 July 22/4 Alfred Hitchcock's darkly playful adventure about a little old lady who seemingly disappears from a European express train is one of his best works.

7. In a way which provides little light; dimly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adverb]

blackly1563

sullenlya1586

gloomily1727

darkly1760

murkily1830

1760 J. Mills tr. J. B. L. Crevier Hist. Rom. Emperors VII. xx. 351 Alexander concluded his farce, lying upon a bed, in a room darkly illuminated.

1821 S. Kelly Fatalists III. v. 115 The shade of a night that was only darkly illumined by a few scattered stars.

1887 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 Dec. 800/2 Full many a day which darkly dawns And shadows forth a world of cares, With sudden light grows clear and bright.

1909 W. H. Page Southerner vi. 58 I got off the train and found myself standing in the rain at the darkly lighted station at Clayborn.

2015 A. Todd After Ever Happy lxvi. 394 Robert holds the door open for me, and I step into the darkly lit restaurant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	darkly
释义	† darklyadj. Forms: late Middle English derkely, 1800s darkly. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dark adj., -ly suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < dark adj. + -ly suffix¹. Compare e.g. sickly adj., poorly adj. N.E.D. (1894) gives the pronunciation as (dā·ɹkli) /ˈdɑːklɪ/. Obsolete. rare. 1. That deprives a person of understanding. ΚΠ a1475 (?1445) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 372 Pray..to swete Iesu Crist, That he pourge and clense oure soules and hert, Fro al wikked synful and derkely myst. 2. Somewhat dark in colour or shade; dark-looking. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > somewhat dark murka1300 darksome1530 darkish1559 half-dark1576 darkly1821 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 52 Sweet tiny flower of darkly hue. 1863 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 30 Dec. Those of our soldiers who have rendered such signal, such valiant..service.., but who, unfortunately, happen to be possessed of skins of a darkly hue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). darklyadv. Brit. /ˈdɑːkli/, U.S. /ˈdɑrkli/ Forms: see dark adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dark adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < dark adj. + -ly suffix². Compare dark adv. †1. Horribly, foully. Obsolete.In quot. OE with reference to the guilty conscience burning with thick smoke. ΚΠ OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Prudentius Glosses (1959) 22 Taetrum [flagrat enim uapore crasso horror conscius] : deorclice, aduerbium. 2. In an obscure, mysterious, or vague way; (sometimes) spec. in a figurative or allegorical way. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adverb] deeplyc888 highOE darkOE dimly?c1225 darklyc1350 mistilya1382 murklya1400 subtlya1500 obscurelya1527 confuselya1530 diffuselyc1530 confusedly?1531 diffusedly1567 difficultly1568 indistinctly1580 enigmatically1590 perplexedly1603 subtilely1605 abstrusely1611 cloudily1651 oracularly1654 perplexly1670 reclusely1673 irrecognizably1841 Pickwickianly1866 delphically1927 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [adverb] dighenlichec893 diȝelichec1200 darklyc1350 mysteriously1486 mystically1509 in (a) mystery1526 abstrusely1611 cryptically1663 oracularly1771 occultly1793 pokerishly1854 mystifically1880 sophically1888 sphinxily1889 mystifyingly1937 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adverb] darklyc1350 mistilya1382 murklya1400 obscurelya1527 muddily1648 unclearly1648 reconditely1722 abstrusely1734 c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 38 (MED) Þe olde lawȝe..techeþ derklich wiþ figures..þe godspell..techeþ openlich. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 373 Where dowel is, or dobet derkelich ȝe shewen. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 53 I..will speke..so derkly that they shul not vndirstonde what I sey. 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 213 (margin) This booke was..written of sett purpose, very darkely, that none might vnderstande it, but such as were learned. 1646 Burden Eng., Scotl., & Ireland 96 God hereby darkely instructing us to..separate one day in the circuit of every week, to the use of spirituall things. 1756 J. Wesley Let. 6 Jan. (1931) III. 358 It is not strange that you speak so confusedly and darkly as you generally do of the new birth, seeing you seem to have no conception of that faith whereby we are born again. 1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars i. 3 Because he spoke so darkly, men listened all the more eagerly. 2018 E. Wilson-Lee Catal. of Shipwrecked Bks. (2019) iii. 67 The book used the common belief that some pronouncements in the Bible, especially the cryptic sayings of the prophets and the Books of Wisdom, could be seen as darkly worded prophecies. 3. Chiefly with verbs of seeing or understanding: dimly; imperfectly; obscurely.Frequently with allusion to 1 Corinthians 13:12 (see quot. a1530 and cf. through a glass darkly at glass n.¹ Additions). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adverb] > of dimness or poor vision darklya1398 mistilya1634 mole-blindedly1882 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adverb] > blindly darklya1398 sightlessly1847 blindly1855 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxx. 861 Ymages and schappes ben yseye þerinne as it were a merour, but þat is dyuersliche and derkliche. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 98 Sum time thou shalt see me thikkeliche and derkliche. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxv In this lyfe we se & knowe god but confusely or derkly, as it were by a glasse. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man ii. 4 A Being darkly wise, and rudely great. 1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon II. xvi. 241 It has been given unto us only partially to discern the working of the feminine mind, and to understand darkly that it works on lines wholly different from our own. 1901 Catholic Univ. Bull. July 324 Even when we have much knowledge on certain economic topics, the actual circumstances are often darkly apprehended. 2002 Afr. Today 49 133 Outside observers of Africa often can see only darkly; things are not always what they appear to be. 4. So as to have a dark colour or shade; with a dark colour or appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adverb] > dark darkly1517 swartly1582 duskishly1589 duskily1611 sadly1616 swarthily1755 1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xliv. 216 On his noddle derkely flamynge Was sette Saturne. a1631 J. Downe Transubstantiation 25 in Certaine Treat. (1633) Even as a Picture..when it is perfected and set forth with liuely colours, better representeth the person of the Prince, then when no more but the first lineaments thereof are drawne, or it is yet but darkly coloured. 1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 24 The Daisy, Primrose, Violet darkly blue, And Polyanthus of unnumber'd Dyes. 1843 E. B. Barrett To Flush in Athenæum 22 July 670/3 Darkly brown thy body is. 1979 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 27 Nov. Erik Estrada fans, relax. The darkly handsome bachelor, one of the most eligible in Hollywood, is still eligible. 2006 Decanter June (Argentina 2006 Suppl.) 17/1 It is very easy to produce darkly coloured wines that lack structure. †5. Secretly, in secrecy; without the knowledge of others. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb] stillyc1000 dernlyc1175 dernea1200 privement?c1225 hidlingsa1250 in hidela1300 in scubardisa1300 stilla1300 hidel-likea1325 privyc1330 ywryȝeliche1340 in secre wysec1374 hidinglya1382 hidlya1382 in privy1384 closea1387 secrelyc1386 stalworthlya1400 covertlyc1400 secrec1405 in hidlings1422 secretly1447 secretementc1470 in secret1474 hugger-muggera1529 in hugger-mugger1529 secret1539 underboard1548 closely1552 darkly1559 in secret wise1563 hiddenly1580 tectly1587 underwater1600 concealedly1622 underground1632 occultly1641 in petto1647 under the rosea1704 subterraneously1791 suppressedly1825 underfoot1860 1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale vii. v. f. 151 Whereas..we be commaunded to geue our almes so darkelye, that the right hande maye not knowe what the lift dothe. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 12 I will tell you a thing, but you shall let it dwell darkly with you. View more context for this quotation 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 223 Bradwardin lieth buried in the South wall, somewhat darkly. 1896 W. Earée Lyrics of Life iii. 62 It [sc. a snake]..creeps down in my bracken, Darkly hiding beneath. 6. a. In a gloomy, ominous, or sinister way; in a threatening way. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [adverb] darkly1597 presagingly1612 forefeelingly1808 bodingly1811 presagefully1844 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb] > in a gloomy or depressing manner louringly1576 drearily1579 dernly1590 darkly1597 gloomingly1598 dolesomelya1626 discouraginglya1651 mopishly1651 dismally1653 depressivelya1670 surlily1711 dishearteningly1742 funereally1774 cheerlessly1789 unjoyously1812 ghastily1829 ghastlily1829 desolately1831 unjoyfully1831 depressingly1847 lugubriously1848 dispiritingly1882 uncheerfully1890 drearly1891 greyly1898 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adverb] distemperatelya1398 thraftlya1578 darkly1597 moodily1611 mustily1620 distemperedlya1639 sullenly1650 morosely1654 sullen1718 grumly1727 ill-humouredly1795 sulkily1796 sumphishly1850 biliously1865 glumpily1865 farouchely1931 frumpily1934 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adverb] > in a portentous manner, ominously prodigiously?1550 darkly1597 portentously1656 inauspiciously1684 unauspiciouslya1797 bodingly1811 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iv. 166 How darkly, and how deadly doest thou speake. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. i. 3 My starres shine darkely ouer me; the malignancie of my fate, might perhaps distemper yours. View more context for this quotation 1837 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales I. v. 87 The men of iron shook their heads and frowned so darkly, that the revellers looked up. 1971 S. Howatch Penmarric (1972) i. i. 17 ‘You take after your mama,’ Nanny was in the habit of saying to me, and each time she would add darkly to the nursemaid, ‘More's the pity.’ 2000 M. Beaumont e 164 I asked a fisherman why all the boats had been hauled off the beach and he muttered darkly about a typhoon. b. With reference to comedy, humour, etc.: in a way which is dark in style or content (see dark adj. 7d). ΚΠ 1914 Independent 27 Apr. 173 The story..has a detached calmness, a spectator-like cynicism and a cold, darkly humorous, mocking analysis in the telling. 1966 Sunday Times 9 Jan. 22/5 ‘The Boneyard’ explored the differences between mysticism and madness by recounting, in darkly comic terms, the problems of a police constable who imagines that the crucified Jesus speaks to him. 1999 Varsity 5 Nov. 26/2 Porterhouse Blue is a darkly humorous tale of intrigue and simmering resentment within a Cambridge college. 2003 Independent 15 July 22/4 Alfred Hitchcock's darkly playful adventure about a little old lady who seemingly disappears from a European express train is one of his best works. 7. In a way which provides little light; dimly. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adverb] blackly1563 sullenlya1586 gloomily1727 darkly1760 murkily1830 1760 J. Mills tr. J. B. L. Crevier Hist. Rom. Emperors VII. xx. 351 Alexander concluded his farce, lying upon a bed, in a room darkly illuminated. 1821 S. Kelly Fatalists III. v. 115 The shade of a night that was only darkly illumined by a few scattered stars. 1887 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 Dec. 800/2 Full many a day which darkly dawns And shadows forth a world of cares, With sudden light grows clear and bright. 1909 W. H. Page Southerner vi. 58 I got off the train and found myself standing in the rain at the darkly lighted station at Clayborn. 2015 A. Todd After Ever Happy lxvi. 394 Robert holds the door open for me, and I step into the darkly lit restaurant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1475adv.OE
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† darklyadj.

darklyadv.