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Recent Examples of dimly
Winter or summer, logs as big as Popeye’s biceps smolder in the grand fireplace of the dimly lit, deep-blue map room to ensure the theatrical cosiness stays cranked up to 11.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
Those comments, viewed dimly by some German politicians, prompted the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), which bankrolls and oversees the Berlinale, to call an impromptu meeting to discuss the future of the Berlinale and Tricia Tuttle’s leadership as festival director.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
10 May 2026
Panipat, India — Inside the dusty, dimly lit cotton recycling unit, Rajesh stands beside a shredding machine, feeding white fabric into sharp blades.
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Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
Darkness Looms Streetlights glow dimly near the entrance to the Havana Bay Tunnel, which connects Old Havana to Havana del Este, on March 7.
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Thomas E. Franklin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
The cavernous lobby is quiet and dimly lit.
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Rob Stein,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
Remove the dying leaves and then the pot can be moved to a cool, dimly lit spot and just kept barely moist until the soil can be worked in the spring.
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Dawn Pettinelli,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
But there’s nothing to dimly light up a room quite like Salieri’s gaslighting.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
The space is dimly lit, with light grids above the bar and a custom projector creating an underwater effect.
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Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
25 Feb. 2026
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
Those comments, viewed dimly by some German politicians, prompted the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), which bankrolls and oversees the Berlinale, to call an impromptu meeting to discuss the future of the Berlinale and Tricia Tuttle’s leadership as festival director.
—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
10 May 2026
Panipat, India — Inside the dusty, dimly lit cotton recycling unit, Rajesh stands beside a shredding machine, feeding white fabric into sharp blades.
—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
Darkness Looms Streetlights glow dimly near the entrance to the Havana Bay Tunnel, which connects Old Havana to Havana del Este, on March 7.
—
Thomas E. Franklin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
The cavernous lobby is quiet and dimly lit.
—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
Remove the dying leaves and then the pot can be moved to a cool, dimly lit spot and just kept barely moist until the soil can be worked in the spring.
—
Dawn Pettinelli,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
But there’s nothing to dimly light up a room quite like Salieri’s gaslighting.
—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
The space is dimly lit, with light grids above the bar and a custom projector creating an underwater effect.
—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimly
Adverb
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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.
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There’s a novella of a wine list, with by-the-glass options obscurely scrawled on a mirror above the bar.
Adverb
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Makeup highlights for the actress continued the punk edge, with bold brows, darkly lined eyes and a neutral, glossy lip by artist Tyron Machhausen.
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Netflix also has a pair of strong four-hour adaptations in the harrowing Lord of the Flies and the darkly comic political tragedy of Death by Lightning.
Adverb
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His audiences stare back at him, dully hostile.
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As a result, unlike what his name would suggest, Unique is a fairly generic loner who dully seeks vengeance.
Adverb
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Nantz somberly delivered the emotional news while taking several breaks to compose himself.
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The season's penultimate scene finds Carl at his favorite haunt, sipping his morning coffee while somberly staring at his tiny Tom Ruffage diorama figure.
Adverb
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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.
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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.
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“Dimly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimly. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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