Synonyms for dimly
dim·ly

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1. dimly, indistinctlyadverb

   in a dim indistinct manner

   "we perceived the change only dimly"

   Synonyms:
   palely, pallidly, indistinctly, murkily

2. pallidly, palely, dimlyadverb

   in a manner lacking interest or vitality

   "a palely entertaining show"

   Synonyms:
   palely, pallidly, indistinctly, murkily

3. dimly, murkilyadverb

   with a dim light

   "a dimly lit room"

   Synonyms:
   palely, pallidly, indistinctly, murkily

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1. List of paraphrases for "dimly":

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1. Louis Aragon:

   The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.

2. Herbert Hensley Henson:

   Men are doubtful and skeptical about the Church they suspect and dislike the clergy they are impatient of theological systems but for Jesus Christ, as he stand out to view in the sacred pages, as they dimly realize him in their own best selves, as they catch faint traces of him in the lives of his saints, they have no other sentiments than those of respect and affection.

3. Edwin P. Whipple:

   An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

4. Thomas Carlyle:

   Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.

5. Richard Whately:

   In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us.