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Definition of duskier in English English dictionary
- comparative of dusky
- dusky
- dark-skinned
In the raw attempt to apply the perfected institutions of Anglo-Saxon civilization to the descendants of the dusky races which inhabited Mexico before the discovery of America by Columbus, the Mexican statesmen of 1824 put the principles of democratic government to a terrible ordeal.
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- Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening)
I like it when it is dusky, just before the street lights come on.
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- A dusky dolphin
- dusky
- A shade of color that is rather dark
The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors.
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- A dusky shark
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- {a} inclining to darkness, heavy
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- Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown
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- Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley
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- {s} dark, dim
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- Gloomy; sad; melancholy
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- Dusky means rather dark. He was walking down the road one dusky Friday evening
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- naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic"
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- A dusky colour is soft rather than bright. dusky pink carpet. dark or not very bright in colour
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- Intellectually clouded
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- lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"
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