1. (a.) Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley.

2. (a.) Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown.

3. (a.) Gloomy; sad; melancholy.

4. (a.) Intellectually clouded.

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