"dimness" meaning in English

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          "sense": "state of being dim",
          "word": "hämäryys"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "state of being dim",
          "word": "hämärä"
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          "sense": "state of being dim",
          "word": "homály"
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          "sense": "state of being dim",
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          "word": "laige"
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          "sense": "state of being dim",
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      "sense": "state of being dim",
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      "sense": "state of being dim",
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