dimly
With little light
Dimly means with little light or clarity.
A room may be dimly lit, a memory dimly recalled.
The word suggests partial obscurity—enough to perceive something, but not sharply: I dimly remember meeting her years ago.
What's dimly seen or understood hovers at the edge of perception.
In unclear fashion
- indistinctlyIn an unclear manner
- hazilyIn unclear fashion
- faintlyIn a weak manner
- blurrilyIn unfocused manner
obscurely · barely · slightly · fuzzily · murkily · unclearly · imprecisely · indefinitely
In unclear fashion
- confusedlyIn a bewildered state
- incompletelyNot to the end
- partiallyTo an incomplete extent
- hazilyIn unclear fashion
obscurely · imperfectly · uncertainly · muddily · foggily · indistinctly · faintly · barely
In unclear fashion
- hazilyIn unclear fashion
- faintlyIn a weak manner
- distantlyIn a far-off manner
- foggilyIn an unclear manner
indistinctly · half-forgotten · barely · obscurely · fleetingly · remotely · fuzzily · imperfectly
In unclear fashion
- faintlyIn a weak manner
- barelyOnly just, almost not
- slightlyTo a minor extent
- subconsciouslyWithout deliberate awareness
marginally · hazily · obscurely · imperfectly · distantly · peripherally · instinctively · intuitively
In a weak manner
flickering · glimmering · shimmering · luminous · phosphorescent · smoldering · lambent · incandescent
vaguely
In unclear fashion
- indistinctlyIn an unclear manner
- hazilyIn unclear fashion
- faintlyIn a weak manner
blurrily · obscurely · barely · slightly · fuzzily · murkily · unclearly · imprecisely · indefinitely · nebulously
vaguely
In unclear fashion
- confusedlyIn a bewildered state
- incompletelyNot to the end
- partiallyTo an incomplete extent
hazily · obscurely · imperfectly · uncertainly · muddily · foggily · indistinctly · faintly · barely · poorly
vaguely
In unclear fashion
foggily · indistinctly · half-forgotten · barely · obscurely · fleetingly · remotely · fuzzily · imperfectly · nostalgically
vaguely
In unclear fashion
subconsciously · marginally · hazily · obscurely · imperfectly · distantly · peripherally · instinctively · intuitively
faintly
In a weak manner
palely · flickering · glimmering · shimmering · luminous · phosphorescent · smoldering · lambent · incandescent · wavering
faint
Weak and indistinct
gloomy · twilit · darkened · shaded · crepuscular · penumbral · candlelit · lantern-lit · torchlit · lamplight
- adverbsquickly, slowly, very, really, now
- mental adverbsmentally, cognitively, consciously, unconsciously, subconsciously
- hedgessomewhat, I think, slightly, I believe, fairly
dimlybrightly
With much light
brilliantly · radiantly · luminously · glaringly · blazingly
- dim sumChinese small-plate tradition
- dim lightsFaint artificial illumination
- dimmer switchLight level regulator
- dim bulbIntellectually sluggish person
- dimmed lightsReduced artificial brightness
- dimmer switchesAdjustable lighting controls
dim, dimness, dimmed, dimming, dimmer, dimmest, undimmed, dimmers, dimmable