twilit

[ twahy-lit ]

adjective

1. lighted by or as by twilight:

   a twilit cathedral.

Word History and Origins

Origin of twilit¹

First recorded in 1865–70; twi(light) + lit ¹

Example Sentences

Thanks, I dined on the way up—in a twilit refreshment-room, with one waiter and a number of attendant black-beetles.

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The village began to send forth blue wood-smoke, and it seemed more than ever like the twilit West Country.

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Olive had laid aside her book some time since, and now, wearying of the grey twilit world, she fell asleep.

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In the stillness of the twilit courtyard she could hear the sounds of laughter and talking from the Quadrangle.

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But we must beware of each step in these twilit recesses, for the fays of Brittany are not as those of other lands.

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Related Words

• smoky