darkeningly
English
Etymology
darkening + -ly
Adverb
darkeningly (comparative more darkeningly, superlative most darkeningly)
- So as to darken.
- 1919, Theodore Dreiser, Twelve Men
- In addition, he wore […] a soft black hat that hung darkeningly over his eyes.
- 1962, Rudy Wiebe, Peace Shall Destroy Many
- Up from the floor, from the depths of the corners, […] along the tin-pipe reaching into the ceiling, crept the summer darkness. Only at a blotch of sunlight did it hesitate, tentative as a leaf-flicker on the whitewashed plaster, then moment by long moment it seeped in darkeningly.
- 1919, Theodore Dreiser, Twelve Men