Meanings
adverbmurkily (comparative more murkily, superlative most murkily)
comparative more murkily · superlative most murkily
- In a murky way.
That quivering wail from the billabong lying murkily mystic towards the East was only the cry of the fearing curlew.
1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 16
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwith a dim light
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murkily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/murkily
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“murkily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/murkily. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “murkily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/murkily.
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