DIMLY Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

dimly

adverb

Definition of dimly

as in obscurely

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Recent Examples of dimly Its lobby is intimate and dimly lit, with a mood that shifts from the brighter public spaces outside. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026 Inside, the lobby is dimly lit in soothing lavender and blue and house music is piped in by surround sound. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026 Before the first frost, bring them inside, and keep them in a basement, porch, closet, garage, or shed—somewhere dimly lit that stays around 40 or 50°F. — Sarah Everett, The Spruce, 7 Oct. 2026 The room is dimly lighted but for yellow and red string lights that produce radiant, shimmying splotches on the concrete floor. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 As police followed the vehicles, both drivers turned onto Reamy Drive, a narrow and dimly lit dead-end street. — Kendra Mann, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2026 It’s dimly lit by oil lamps with polished wooden tables and a sturdy oak bar that runs along the back. — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 29 July 2026 That's why the plants often struggle in the average dimly lit living room. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026 Including dimly lit historic dives, beachfront seafood spots, old-school Cuban joints, and beyond. — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 24 June 2026

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The fantasy of a cultural architecture that’s as flexible as culture itself has been kicking around for more than 100 years, and there’s something obscurely disappointing about seeing a technocratic version get put into practice.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
This is the year that the Bob Baker Marionettes — whose hipster cred and general renown increased when the theater moved to Highland Park from its longtime home tucked obscurely west of downtown — played Coachella.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of obscurely

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But genuinely funny moments are rare, badly outnumbered by done-to-death musings regarding the mysteries of being alive and torturous melodramatic moments in which Klara dully absorbs the severity of Josie’s illness and Chrissy’s sorrow.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Yikes, this finale fell as flat and dully as Janet’s solo cup hit Danny’s head.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 30 July 2026

Definition of dully

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Museums abhor windows, so the building has all the approachability of a medieval keep, as gloomily defensive as the park is welcoming.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026
In Time Regained, the concluding volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, an older version of the narrator gloomily decides to attend a gathering at the Guermantes’ mansion.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026

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