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Webster 1913 Edition
Darkling
Dark′ling
(därk′lĭng)
, adv.
[
Dark
+ the adverbial suffix -ling
.] In the dark.
[Poetic]
So, out went the candle, and we were left
darkling
. Shakespeare
As the wakeful bird
Sings darkling
. Milton.
Dark′ling
,p.
pr.
& Adj.
1.
Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.
His honest brows
darkling
as he looked towards me. Thackeray.
2.
Dark; gloomy.
“The darkling precipice.” Moore.
Webster 1828 Edition
Darkling
D'ARKLING
,Adj.
Definition 2025
darkling
darkling
English
Noun
darkling (plural darklings)
Adjective
darkling (comparative more darkling, superlative most darkling)
- Dark; darkening.
- 1867, Matthew Arnold, Dover Beach:
- And we are here as on a darkling plain
- Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
- Where ignorant armies clash by night
- 1867, Matthew Arnold, Dover Beach:
- obscure; done or happening 'in the dark' or unseen.
Adverb
darkling (comparative more darkling, superlative most darkling)
- In the dark; in obscurity.
- Shakespeare, King Lear
- So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling.
- Milton
- As the wakeful bird sings darkling.
- Shakespeare, King Lear
Verb
darkling
- present participle of darkle
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967