Dimly

Definition: Dimly

Dimly

Adverb

1. In a dim indistinct manner; "we perceived the change only dimly".

2. In a manner lacking interest or vitality; "a palely entertaining show".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "dimly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Dimly

Crosswords: Dimly

Escorting the Guadalcanal-Tulagi invasion convoy, circa 7-8 August 1942. HMAS Australia is dimly visible in the far right distance, beyond the three destroyers manuevering there. Photographed by Corp. L.M. Ashman, USMC. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And then, as we have just said, the hall was very dimly lighted

The road spread dimly under the weak lights of the car.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "dimly": be dimly seen. Additional references.

Beginning with "dimly": dimly-lit.

Chinese 

昏暗地. (various references)

Finnish

hämärästi (faintly, vaguely). (various references)

German

trübe (bleak, blear, blearly, bleary, cheerless, cloudy, dark, dim, dismal, drab, dreary, dull, filmy, gloomy, grey, grim, indistinct, lackluster, lacklustre, misty, muddy, murky, somberly, turbid). (various references)

Hungarian

homályosan (abstrusely, darkly, indistinctly, mistily). (various references)

Italian

torbida (dim). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ほら貝 (abstractedly, baby, being stupefied, blankly, by ones and twos, clip joint, conch, crunch, dazedly, doing nothing, doll, dreamily, drip drip, dry and crumbling, faintly, flushingly, gradually, hazily, here and there, idling away time, in flames, indistinctly, it's getting late, little by little, munch, one after another, pimples, rip-off, slang for cunt, slightly, splash, spots, subdued, to be moved to tears, to be touched by, to become blurred, to become dim, to become sentimental, to complain, to grumble, to rip someone off, trumpet shell, unfair overcharging, vaguely, we must be getting off, whispering, with a splash), 仄々と (faintly), 仄々 (faintly, heartwarming), 仄仄と (faintly), 仄仄 (faintly, heartwarming). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぼうっと (abstractedly, being stupefied, blankly, dazedly, doing nothing, dreamily, faintly, flushingly, hazily, in flames, indistinctly, vaguely), ほのぼのと (faintly), ほのぼの (faintly, heartwarming). (various references)

Korean 

희미하게. (various references)

Pig Latin

imlyday.(various references)

Russian 

смутно (fuzzily, vaguely). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nejasno (darkly, fuzzily, indistinctly, thickly, vaguely), mutno (fuzzily). (various references)

Spanish

turbio (cloudy, dim, mirk, muddy, murk, murky, roily, shady, thick, troubled, underhand). (various references)

Swedish

skymta (be dimly seen, catch a glimpse, loom). (various references)

Misspellings

"Dimly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: damely, Damley, Damolly, Damyl, diely, diemy, Dihli, Dily, dimey, dimlit, dimy, Dlimy, Dymally, timly, Timlyn. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: idly, idyl, limy, mild.

-2 letters: dim, lid, mid, mil, yid.

-3 letters: id, li, mi, my.

+1 letter: dimply, milady, mildly.

+2 letters: amyloid, doomily, dumpily, humidly, mildewy, moodily, muddily, myeloid, timidly, tumidly.

+3 letters: amyloids, dimethyl, dismally, dreamily, lampyrid, limpidly, lymphoid, maidenly, medially, medianly, modality, modishly, molybdic, morbidly, myceloid, olympiad, smudgily.

+4 letters: admirably, admiralty, amplidyne, amygdalin, chlamydia, damningly, decimally, dimethyls, diplomacy, dynamical, lampyrids, limitedly, limpidity, mediately, medically, midweekly, mindfully, misplayed, misstyled, nymphalid, olympiads, polyamide, pyramidal, sympodial.