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darkling
UK /ˈdɑː(ɹ)klɪŋ/ US /ˈdɑː(ɹ)klɪŋ/
noun 4adj 2adv 1
Definitions
adv
1
In the dark; in obscurity.
So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling.
As the wakeful bird sings darkling.
adj
1
Dark; growing dark; darkening.
She still pursued its flight, with all the speed / Her fainting strength had hitherto supplied: / What pathless wilds she crossed ! What forests darkling wide !
May thine autumn calm, serene, / Never want some lingering flower, / Which Affection's hand may glean, / Though the darkling mists may lower !
2
Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
noun
1
Darkness.
She carried some rugs for me through the shrubbery in the darkling. "They'll think we've gone mooning," she said, jerking her head at the household. "I wonder what they make of us – criminals."
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