opaquelyadv.
/ə(ʊ)ˈpeɪkli/, U.S. /oʊˈpeɪkli/ In an opaque manner; so as to be opaque.
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the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > opacity > [adverb]
cloudily1651
opacously1670
opaquely1747
1747 Philos. Trans. 1746 (Royal Soc.) 44 191 'Tis opaquely of a clear White.
1860 All Year Round 11 Feb. 362 Glass..opaquely steamed with youthful breath.
1890 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 75/1 We caught glimpses of the round sun, opaquely red through the smoky haze.
1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold 229 240 And the immense curtain of its front overhung the James, impenetrably sooty at the base, opaquely purple as it toppled forward.
1988 N. Lowndes Chekago ii. 81 A nocturnal blizzard had come on, and the lights of the hotel glimmered opaquely in the mist of the snow.
1995 M. J. Trebilcock & R. Howse Regulation of Internat. Trade vi. 149 What the authors rather opaquely call potential private–public intersectorial economies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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