Dimly

/ˈdɪmli/

Synonyms for "dimly" (23 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (7)

Noun(1 words)
less distinctive

Related words (11)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries
adverbadverb of cognitionadverb of manneradverb of perception

More specific

7 entries
dimly illuminateddimly litdimly perceiveddimly remembereddimly seendimly understooddimly visible

Collocations

5 entries
dimly litdimly lit roomdimly remembereddimly understooddimly visible

Inflections

2 entries
more dimlymost dimly

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In the distance, there stood a dimly white lighthouse.

Source: tatoeba (25799)

Herzl waited in the dimly lit room. At times he would fidget restlessly in boredom.

Source: tatoeba (2407409)

We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.

Source: tatoeba (5074833)

It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the universe which we can dimly perceive, and to try humbly to comprehend even an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in nature.

Source: tatoeba (5786130)

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