"dimly" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From dim + -ly.",
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    {
      "form": "more dimly",
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    },
    {
      "form": "most dimly",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 249",
          "text": "It was a miserable evening; outside it was snowing and blowing, and in the squire's parlour the candle burned so dimly that you could scarcely distinguish anything in the room but a clock-case with some Chinese ornaments, a large mirror in an old-fashioned frame, and a silver family tankard.",
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        "In a dim manner; not clearly."
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          "clearly",
          "clearly"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "in a dim manner",
          "word": "tènuement"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in a dim manner",
          "word": "nebule"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a dim manner",
          "word": "faiblement"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a dim manner",
          "word": "obscurément"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a dim manner",
          "word": "vaguement"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a dim manner",
          "word": "confusément"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "in a dim manner",
          "word": "vagament"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "in a dim manner",
          "word": "escurament"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in a dim manner",
          "word": "vagamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a dim manner",
          "word": "tenuemente"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɪmli/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪmli"
    },
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  "word": "dimly"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dim + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dimly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dimly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "In a dim manner; not clearly."
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in a dim manner",
      "word": "tènuement"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in a dim manner",
      "word": "nebule"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a dim manner",
      "word": "faiblement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a dim manner",
      "word": "obscurément"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a dim manner",
      "word": "vaguement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a dim manner",
      "word": "confusément"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "in a dim manner",
      "word": "vagament"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "in a dim manner",
      "word": "escurament"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a dim manner",
      "word": "vagamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a dim manner",
      "word": "tenuemente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dimly"
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