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semi-darkness
noun[ U ]
mainly UK(also mainly USsemidarkness)uk /ˌsem.iˈdɑːk.nəs/ us /sem.iˈdɑːrk.nəs/
the quality of having little light, but not being completely dark:
In the semi-darkness of the early evening, we could still see the ball well enough to keep playing.
We each lit a candle and sang hymns in the semi-darkness of the chapel.
The room was in semidarkness, with the heavy curtains pulled across the windows.
The audience sat in semi-darkness waiting for the show to start.
We felt our way through the semi-darkness of the hallway looking for a light switch.
A voice from the other end of the garden called to us, piercing the semidarkness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Darkness & becoming dark
blackness
darken
darkened
darkness
dim
dimly
dimness
dingily
dingy
inky
pitch darkness
pitchy
plunge someone/something into darkness
shade
shaded
shadily
shadow
silhouette
silhouetted
twilight
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