DIMLY
What does "DIMLY" mean?
In a way that is faint, weak, or hard to see or remember clearly.
Meanings
- With little light; faintly illuminated. A single candle lit the room dimly.
- In a faint or unclear way, as of perception or memory. He could dimly recall the song his grandmother used to hum. figurative
Word origin
From Old English 'dimlice', from 'dim' (dark, obscure) plus the adverb-forming suffix '-ly'.
Remember it
DIMLY is DIM + LY - the light, or the memory, is turned low.
A little poem
Half-remembered face-
the lamp gutters, and her name
dims to almost there.
haiku
What it teaches
What we see dimly we tend to fill in: the faint and the forgotten are where we invent the most.
Quick facts
What does DIMLY mean?
In a way that is faint, weak, or hard to see or remember clearly.
Is DIMLY a valid word?
Yes — DIMLY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DIMLY?
DIMLY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DIMLY come from?
From Old English 'dimlice', from 'dim' (dark, obscure) plus the adverb-forming suffix '-ly'.
What can DIMLY teach us?
What we see dimly we tend to fill in: the faint and the forgotten are where we invent the most.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.