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dimly

/ˈdɪmli/ adverb C2
  1. In a dim manner; not clearly.
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Presently it was thrown open with a whining of hinges, and we could dimly see the dark outline of a man’s head and shoulders looking out into the gloom.
The Valley of Fear, p. 87 · C1
See how the figures loom up, are dimly seen, and then blend once more into the cloud-bank.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 1 · B2
At last they lingered on one away to the left, far back from the road, dimly white with blossoming trees in the twilight of the surrounding woods.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 28 · C1
It was pleasantly warm and dimly lighted by the embers of a fire in the grate.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 150 · C1

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