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He looks at me darkly, as if to blame me for the price of movie tickets.

“Well we have a new parliament and there are no excuses left,” he says darkly.

Smart, so smart, and darkly handsome; a practical joker, large-hearted and fun.

But this season he turns down the wattage, playing a darkly serious role in a play said to be about fly-fishing.

Alan Cumming shimmered darkly and brilliantly as the emcee in the Cabaret performance.

But that sin was of small importance compared to the other revelations, so darkly hinted at by Aunty Rosa.

Marius frowned darkly, but before he could speak, Tressan was insinuating a compliment to the Marquise.

The camphor tree overhead was thrown out darkly against the stars, like its own shadow.

"There may have been reasons," Diana suggested darkly, and Sir Rowland's eyes narrowed at the hint.

I wish I had brought some cotton, Carol commented darkly, for my ears, she added at Janets curious glance.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to darkly, such as: desperately, sadly, dispiritedly, cynically, dejectedly, and desolately.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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