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DUSKY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: duskier    , duskiest   

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Naturally having skin of a dark color

Example:

'swart' is archaic

Synonyms:

dark-skinned; dusky; swart; swarthy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

brunet; brunette (marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes)

Domain usage:

archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)

Derivation:

duskiness (a swarthy complexion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lighted by or as if by twilight

Example:

a boat on a twilit river

Synonyms:

dusky; twilight; twilit

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

dark (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black)

Derivation:

dusk (the time of day immediately following sunset)

duskiness (the state of being poorly illuminated)

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 Context examples: 

Scientists evaluated glue from the dusky Arion slug by focusing on the chemical bonds within the glue and the way they affect the glue's deformability.

(New studies may bring slug-made glues closer to use in medicine, Wikinews)