dimness

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun the state of being poorly illuminated
noun the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity
noun the quality of being dim or lacking contrast

From Middle English dymnes, dymnesse, from Old English dimnes, dymnys, dimness (“dimness, darkness, obscurity”), equivalent to dim + -ness.

There is a dimness over your figures. — Twice-told tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne
There was no darkness, no dimness, no obscurity there. — Roughing It, Mark Twain
In the dimness, our landing stage seemed belans away. — Tarrano the Conqueror, Ray Cummings

duskiness

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