dimly
adverb/ˈdɪmli/
Frequency rank: #15,831 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
in a way that is not bright or clear; faintly.
Example sentence
She could dimly make out the shape of a figure standing in the fog.
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