murkilyadv.

Brit.

/ˈməːkᵻli/, U.S.

/ˈmərkəli/

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

Etymology: < murky adj. + -ly suffix².

In a murky manner; obscurely; indistinctly. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

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

blackly1563

sullenlya1586

gloomily1727

darkly1760

murkily1830

1830 T. Flint Shoshonee Valley I. vii. 231 They sat down murkily, at some distance from each other.

1835 Fraser's Mag. 12 572 Look adown that sullen stream, flowing murkily and more murkily between its resplendent quays.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xvii. 10 Where the superfluent lake, the spongy putrescence, Sinks most murkily flushed.

1968 A. Powell Mil. Philosophers i. 37 The murkily stiff treatment of these two unwontedly elongated canvases.

1994 Harper's Mag. Dec. 55/2 Information flows in murkily, and some traders divine it better than others.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	murkily
释义	murkilyadv. Brit. /ˈməːkᵻli/, U.S. /ˈmərkəli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: murky adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < murky adj. + -ly suffix². In a murky manner; obscurely; indistinctly. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adverb] blackly1563 sullenlya1586 gloomily1727 darkly1760 murkily1830 1830 T. Flint Shoshonee Valley I. vii. 231 They sat down murkily, at some distance from each other. 1835 Fraser's Mag. 12 572 Look adown that sullen stream, flowing murkily and more murkily between its resplendent quays. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xvii. 10 Where the superfluent lake, the spongy putrescence, Sinks most murkily flushed. 1968 A. Powell Mil. Philosophers i. 37 The murkily stiff treatment of these two unwontedly elongated canvases. 1994 Harper's Mag. Dec. 55/2 Information flows in murkily, and some traders divine it better than others. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1830
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