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comparative more duskily, superlative most duskily
In a dusky manner. quotations examples
“I'll tell you something, too,” retorted the captain, duskily flushing. “I wouldn't sail this ship for the man you are, if you went upon your knees. I've dealt with gentlemen up to now.”
1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 10, in The Wrecker