darkly

IPA: dˈɑrkɫi

With insufficient light for easy discernment or comprehension
With a dark appearance
(figuratively) In a manner which is not readily visible or noticeable; inconspicuously
(figuratively) In a manner which retards or prevents discernment; clandestinely
(figuratively) In a manner which is difficult to understand, or which retards or prevents understanding; incomprehensibly
(figuratively) In a manner which tends to produce uncertainty or confusion; bewilderingly
(figuratively) In a manner which produces an inward conviction of future misfortune; ominously
(figuratively) In a morbid manner; morbidly, sinisterly

Examples of "darkly" in Sentences

Lo, now the Trinity appears unto me in a glass darkly, which is
He purses his lips and the little silver rings give his expression a darkly comic glint.
Hungry mice were waiting in darkly camouflaged papers like frozen cars with their headlights on fire.
The Queen looks at the Royal family and their response to the death of Princess Diana and is described as a darkly comic film.
Didn't I read somewhere that a scanner darkly is being made into a movie starring everyone's favorite carp, er, actor, keanu (sp?) reeves?
We see through the glass darkly, which is perhaps why sometimes the world seems grim, but in the clear light of Heaven, every day really is Easter.
He didn’t stumble or trip over his words, bringing them up quickly and darkly from the cavern of his chest, half cough and half words, “Why was your father so attached to the child?”
•On the upside, neither one of them is about to smash a precarious piece of evidence, as Charlie (Damian Lewis) does in darkly amusing fashion on another good episode of Life (NBC, 10 ET/PT).