dimly
/ˈdɪmli/adverb
उच्चारण डिम्ली
मंद रूप से, धुँधली रोशनी में
Core word
- 1
not brightly; with very little light
मंद रूप से, धुँधली रोशनी में
- The room was dimly lit by a single candle.
- a dimly lit corridor
- A lamp glowed dimly at the end of the lane.
+ 2 more examples
- The station platform was dimly lit after the power cut.
- Stars shone dimly through the smoke.
Synonyms faintly weakly
Opposite brightly brilliantly
- 2
not clearly or strongly; vaguely
धुँधले रूप से, अस्पष्ट रूप से
- I dimly remember meeting him at a wedding.
- She was dimly aware of footsteps behind her.
- He dimly understood that something was wrong.
+ 2 more examples
- I only dimly recall the name of my first teacher.
- Dimly aware of the noise outside, she kept on reading.
Synonyms vaguely faintly indistinctly hazily
Opposite clearly distinctly vividly
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
dimly lit / dimly lighted
Dimly commonly comes before lit to describe a place with little light.
'Dimly' प्रायः 'lit' से पहले आकर कम रोशनी वाले स्थान का वर्णन करता है।
- The corridor was dimly lit.
- A dimly lit hall made reading hard.
see / remember + dimly
With verbs of seeing and remembering, dimly means not clearly: dimly aware, dimly remember.
देखने और याद करने वाली क्रियाओं के साथ 'dimly' का अर्थ अस्पष्ट रूप से है।
- I dimly remember my first day at school.
- She could dimly see the shape of a house.
dimly + aware / conscious / visible
Before adjectives it shows weak degree: dimly aware means only slightly aware.
Adjectives से पहले यह कम मात्रा दिखाता है: dimly aware का अर्थ केवल थोड़ा अवगत है।
- Aman was dimly aware of the noise outside.
- The stars were dimly visible through the haze.
dim (adjective) vs dimly (adverb)
Dim describes a noun; dimly describes how something is done or shown.
'Dim' noun का वर्णन करता है; 'dimly' बताता है कि कोई काम या दृश्य किस प्रकार का है।
- The room was dim, and the lamp burnt dimly.
+Collocations 4
dimly + participle
dimly litdimly lighteddimly seendimly remembered
- They walked along a dimly lit lane.
verb + dimly
glow dimlyburn dimlyshine dimlyflicker dimlyremember dimly
- A single bulb burnt dimly in the corner.
dimly + adjective
dimly awaredimly visibledimly consciousdimly familiar
- The song sounded dimly familiar.
place + dimly lit
roomstreetstaircasecorridorcinema hall
- The staircase was so dimly lit that she held the rail.
“More examples 7
- During the power cut, a candle burned dimly on the table.
बिजली जाने पर मेज़ पर मोमबत्ती मंद रोशनी में जल रही थी।
- Radhika dimly recalled meeting him at her uncle's wedding.
राधिका को धुँधला-सा याद आया कि वह उससे अपने चाचा की शादी में मिली थी।
- The lamp glowed dimly in the fog.
कोहरे में लैंप मद्धम चमक रहा था।
- The library reading room was too dimly lit for night study.
पुस्तकालय का पठन-कक्ष रात में पढ़ने के लिए बहुत कम रोशनी वाला था।
- He was only dimly conscious of the crowd around him.
उसे अपने चारों ओर की भीड़ का केवल धुँधला-सा बोध था।
- The moon shone dimly behind the clouds.
चाँद बादलों के पीछे धुँधला चमक रहा था।
- The village road was dimly visible in the early morning mist.
सुबह की धुंध में गाँव की सड़क धुँधली-सी दिख रही थी।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The hall was dim lit.
✓ The hall was dimly lit.
An adverb (dimly) must modify the participle lit.
Participle 'lit' को बदलने के लिए adverb 'dimly' चाहिए।
✗ The bulb burnt dim during the night.
✓ The bulb burnt dimly during the night.
Use an adverb to describe how the bulb burnt.
बल्ब कैसे जला, यह बताने के लिए adverb चाहिए।
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§Grammar and usage
Usage: dimly is most often used in the collocations dimly lit, dimly remember and dimly aware.
Usage में dimly का प्रयोग सबसे अधिक dimly lit, dimly remember और dimly aware जैसे collocations में होता है।