darkly adv 1: without light; "the river was sliding darkly under the mist" [syn: {darkly}, {in darkness}] 2: in a dark glowering menacing manner; "he stared darkly at her"
Darkly \Dark"ly\, adv. 1. With imperfect light, clearness, or knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly. [1913 Webster] What fame to future times conveys but darkly down. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] so softly dark and darkly pure. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. With a dark, gloomy, cruel, or menacing look. [1913 Webster] Looking darkly at the clerguman. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]