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# dimly

adverb (dimly, more dimly)

«dimly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Dimly means with only a little light, not brightly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimly/#m1)
2. Dimly means not clearly, in a faint or uncertain way (dimly remember). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimly/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories a dimly lit room, cave or street creates a mysterious or scary mood. In everyday life you dimly remember something from when you were very young. In science, a bulb shines dimly when the battery is weak. Phrases: dimly lit, dimly remember, dimly aware, shine dimly.

### Examples

- The cave was dimly lit by our torches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimly/#x1)
- I dimly remember my first day at nursery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimly/#x2)
- The bulb shone dimly because the battery was flat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimly/#x3)
- Stars glowed dimly through the clouds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimly/#x4)
- She was dimly aware of a noise downstairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimly/#x5)
- We walked along the dimly lit corridor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimly/#x6)
- She turned round, and--was it her fancy? or did the fire burn more dimly than before? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimly/#x7)

### Note

An adverb from the adjective «dim». Spelling: dim + ly (one m). Opposite: brightly, clearly.

## In Jewish tradition

It describes a wick burning weakly, almost out.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah says God's servant will not put out a weak flame. Tradition reads it as gentleness toward the weak and a hope for justice.

### Examples

- A bruised reed shall he not break, and the dimly burning wick shall he not quench; he shall make the right to go forth according to the truth. (Prophets ISA.42.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dimly/#x1)

### Note

An adverb from the adjective «dim». Spelling: dim + ly (one m). Opposite: brightly, clearly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dimly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dimly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dimly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dimly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «dimly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dimly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dimly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dimly.html) on Mova free.