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dimly

adv
/ˈdɪmli/

Etymology

From dim + -ly.

  1. derived from *dʰem-✻
  2. derived from *dimmaz✻
  3. derived from *dimm✻
  4. derived from dim
  5. derived from dim
  6. formed as dimly — “dim + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a dim manner

    In a dim manner; not clearly.

    • I began dimly to understand.
    • "The evil is for those benighted ones who will have none of it; seeing the light the true believers worship, as the fishes see the stars, but dimly."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dimly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01dimly02dim03hazy04thick05heavy06somber07sombre

A definitional loop anchored at dimly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at dimly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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