as in darkly
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Recent Examples of obscurely
There’s a novella of a wine list, with by-the-glass options obscurely scrawled on a mirror above the bar.
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Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obscurely
Adverb
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In theaters Friday after a strong reception at SXSW last month, the genre-scrambling, darkly comic neo-western casts him as Ulysses, a principled small-town sheriff who takes a temporary posting in a sleepy corner of Minnesota called Normal.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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This will allow the inside to cook thoroughly without letting the outer crust get too darkly browned.—
Victoria Spencer,
Martha Stewart,
14 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Joseph and his supporters were clad in green and white and marched somberly to the election council’s headquarters.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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As a light dusting of snow fell over Minneapolis Sunday morning, community members lit candles, laid fresh flowers and stood somberly around a makeshift vigil at the site of Pretti’s death.—
Michael Biesecker,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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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
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The cavernous lobby is quiet and dimly lit.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Obscurely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscurely. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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