Definition of "darkly" in English

adverb

1. With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension.

   • I could make out his image darkly.

2. With a dark appearance.

3. (figuratively) In a manner which is not readily visible or noticeable; inconspicuously.

4. (figuratively) In a manner which retards or prevents discernment; clandestinely.

5. (figuratively) In a manner which is difficult to understand, or which retards or prevents understanding; incomprehensibly.

6. (figuratively) In a manner which tends to produce uncertainty or confusion; bewilderingly.

7. (figuratively) In a manner which produces an inward conviction of future misfortune; ominously.

8. (figuratively) In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly.

   • a darkly comic dystopian drama

adjective

1. (chiefly poetic) Relating to darkness or obscurity.

   • A Scanner Darkly