--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 30 description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/30/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / D # D — The English dictionary · page 30 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Working hard and carefully, paying attention to details and not giving up.[↗](../../diligent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Done carefully and thoroughly: «a diligent search».[↗](../../diligent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She is a diligent pupil who always does her homework.[↗](../../diligent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The diligent ant stored food for winter.[↗](../../diligent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After a diligent search, they found the lost ring.[↗](../../diligent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was diligent about practising the piano every day.[↗](../../diligent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The diligent gardener weeded the beds daily.[↗](../../diligent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Candidates are expected to be diligent in checking their answers.[↗](../../diligent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The little Princess was very diligent, and her favorite studies were music and poetry.[↗](../../diligent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful shall be under tribute.[↗](../../diligent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.12.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diligent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds; (Writings PRO.27.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diligent/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.[↗](../../diligent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.10.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diligent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **diligently** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Diligently means working hard and carefully, giving full attention to a task.[↗](../../diligently/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She practised her spellings diligently every night.[↗](../../diligently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He searched for the hook most diligently.[↗](../../diligently/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You have watched diligently, said the King.[↗](../../diligently/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes, which He hath commanded thee.[↗](../../diligently/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.6.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diligently/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the judges shall inquire diligently; and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; (Torah DEU.19.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diligently/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.[↗](../../diligently/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diligently/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.[↗](../../diligently/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diligently/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast ordained Thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently.[↗](../../diligently/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diligently/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears.[↗](../../diligently/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diligently/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **dill** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A herb with soft feathery leaves and a fresh taste, used in cooking, especially with fish, potatoes and pickles.[↗](../../dill/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Australia, NZ, informal) A silly or foolish person; a mild, friendly insult.[↗](../../dill/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum sprinkled chopped dill on the potatoes.[↗](../../dill/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I love crunchy dill pickles in my burger.[↗](../../dill/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We grew dill in a pot on the windowsill.[↗](../../dill/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dill seeds smell a bit like aniseed.[↗](../../dill/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia) «You left your lunch on the bus, you dill!» laughed Jack.[↗](../../dill/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia) Don't be a dill, put your hat on in the sun.[↗](../../dill/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma makes salmon with dill sauce.[↗](../../dill/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The gardener was near the gate, watering the dill and parsley, the carrots and parsnips.[↗](../../dill/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dilute** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid.[↗](../../dilute/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Weaker because water has been added: «a dilute acid».[↗](../../dilute/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To make something weaker or less strong in effect: «dilute the message».[↗](../../dilute/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dilute the squash with lots of water.[↗](../../dilute/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Always dilute the cleaning liquid before use.[↗](../../dilute/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We diluted the paint so it would spread easily.[↗](../../dilute/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A dilute acid is less dangerous than a concentrated one.[↗](../../dilute/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Adding ice will dilute your drink as it melts.[↗](../../dilute/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Too many rules can dilute the fun of the game.[↗](../../dilute/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **diluted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid.[↗](../../diluted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Made weaker or less strong in effect: «a diluted version of the plan».[↗](../../diluted/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The diluted juice tasted weak.[↗](../../diluted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bleach must be diluted before you clean the floor.[↗](../../diluted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested diluted and pure vinegar on the eggshells.[↗](../../diluted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The diluted paint was too runny.[↗](../../diluted/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They passed a diluted version of the rule.[↗](../../diluted/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The medicine is given diluted in water.[↗](../../diluted/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dilution** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The act of making a liquid weaker or thinner by adding water or another liquid.[↗](../../dilution/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A liquid that has been made weaker this way.[↗](../../dilution/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The weakening of something, like an idea, power or share.[↗](../../dilution/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dilution makes the orange squash less sweet.[↗](../../dilution/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested how dilution changes the colour of food dye.[↗](../../dilution/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The label says the right dilution is one cap to five litres of water.[↗](../../dilution/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dilution with lots of water makes a spill less harmful.[↗](../../dilution/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each dilution was paler than the last one.[↗](../../dilution/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much dilution and the paint becomes runny.[↗](../../dilution/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain causes the dilution of salt in the rock pool.[↗](../../dilution/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dim** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dim means not bright.[↗](../../dim/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A dim light gives only a little light.[↗](../../dim/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To dim is to make or become less bright.[↗](../../dim/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Dim can mean hard to see or remember.[↗](../../dim/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In everyday talk, dim can mean not clever (this can be rude).[↗](../../dim/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Dim can also be a short way of writing "diminutive", a word form that means small.[↗](../../dim/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Not bright, or not able to see well; in one sentence it is short for "diminutive.".[↗](../../dim/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The room was dim.[↗](../../dim/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She dimmed the lights for the film.[↗](../../dim/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A dim lamp uses less power.[↗](../../dim/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dim star was hard to see.[↗](../../dim/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The light grew dim at dusk.[↗](../../dim/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear something bright on dim evenings.[↗](../../dim/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I have a dim memory of my first birthday.[↗](../../dim/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · All the streets and lanes of Paris were to be seen here again, as in a dim reflection.[↗](../../dim/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see.[↗](../../dim/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.48.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dim/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.[↗](../../dim/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.34.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dim/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.[↗](../../dim/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dim/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · How is the gold become dim\![↗](../../dim/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.4.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dim/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dim; (Writings LAM.5.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dim/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place — now his eyes had begun to wax dim, that he could not see— (Prophets 1SA.3.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dim/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see.[↗](../../dim/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.48.10, JPS 1917) · It is called in the original a Kukla (dim.[↗](../../dim/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.[↗](../../dim/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.34.7, JPS 1917) **dime** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dime is a coin in the United States and Canada.[↗](../../dime/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A dime is 10 cents, and a dollar is 10 dimes.[↗](../../dime/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «A dime a dozen» means very common and cheap.[↗](../../dime/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has 7 dimes.[↗](../../dime/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many dimes make a dollar?[↗](../../dime/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He paid with 3 dimes and 2 nickels.[↗](../../dime/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A pack of gum costs 4 dimes.[↗](../../dime/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A dime is smaller than a penny.[↗](../../dime/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ten dimes make one dollar.[↗](../../dime/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He found a dime under the sofa.[↗](../../dime/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Can't you lend me a dime, Uncle Remus, to buy me a pie?[↗](../../dime/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dimension** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dimension is a measurement in one direction, like length, width or height.[↗](../../dimension/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The dimensions of something are its size: its length, width and height.[↗](../../dimension/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A dimension is a part or side of something, like a problem or a feeling.[↗](../../dimension/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In stories, another dimension is a different world or reality.[↗](../../dimension/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A square is a 2D shape: it has two dimensions.[↗](../../dimension/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A cube has three dimensions.[↗](../../dimension/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What are the dimensions of the box?[↗](../../dimension/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The room's dimensions are 4 metres by 3 metres.[↗](../../dimension/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the dimensions of the rectangle and find its area.[↗](../../dimension/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Music added a new dimension to the play.[↗](../../dimension/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the children slipped into another dimension.[↗](../../dimension/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A line has only one dimension, its length.[↗](../../dimension/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Greek Sphinx may be recognized by having wings and by being of smaller dimensions than the Egyptian Sphinx.[↗](../../dimension/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 15) According to the author, the space and six dimensions emanated from the ether.[↗](../../dimension/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../dimension/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He sealed them with spirit and fastened them to His great name and sealed with it six dimensions.[↗](../../dimension/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../dimension/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He sealed them with spirit and fastened them to His great name and sealed with it six dimensions.[↗](../../dimension/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") \[15\] (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../dimension/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **dimetrodon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large animal with a tall sail on its back that lived about 295 to 272 million years ago, before the dinosaurs.[↗](../../dimetrodon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dimetrodon had a big sail on its back.[↗](../../dimetrodon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dimetrodon lived before the dinosaurs.[↗](../../dimetrodon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was not a dinosaur, though it is often called one.[↗](../../dimetrodon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dimetrodon was a meat eater.[↗](../../dimetrodon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sail may have helped dimetrodon stay warm.[↗](../../dimetrodon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a dimetrodon fossil in the museum.[↗](../../dimetrodon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **diminish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To diminish is to become smaller, less or weaker.[↗](../../diminish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To diminish something is to make it smaller or less important.[↗](../../diminish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rain diminished and the sun came out.[↗](../../diminish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His pain diminished after a rest.[↗](../../diminish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pile of sweets diminished quickly.[↗](../../diminish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The value of the car diminishes each year.[↗](../../diminish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't let one mistake diminish your confidence.[↗](../../diminish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sound diminished as the train went away.[↗](../../diminish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Supplies of water diminished during the hot summer.[↗](../../diminish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.[↗](../../diminish/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diminish/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · All this word which I command you, that shall ye observe to do; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.[↗](../../diminish/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.12.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diminish/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were set on mischief, when they said: 'Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, your daily task.'[↗](../../diminish/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diminish/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · O LORD, correct me, but in measure; not in Thine anger, lest Thou diminish me.[↗](../../diminish/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.10.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diminish/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · It shall be the lowliest of the kingdoms, neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations; and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.[↗](../../diminish/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.29.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diminish/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **diminished** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Diminished means made smaller, fewer or weaker.[↗](../../diminished/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To be diminished is to become less important or less respected.[↗](../../diminished/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (music) A diminished chord or interval is a little smaller than the usual one.[↗](../../diminished/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pile of sweets had diminished by lunchtime.[↗](../../diminished/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 20 diminished by 5 is 15.[↗](../../diminished/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The noise diminished as the train went away.[↗](../../diminished/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His strength had diminished after the long illness.[↗](../../diminished/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Light diminished as the sun set.[↗](../../diminished/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The water in the tank diminished by a third.[↗](../../diminished/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her fear diminished once she saw the friendly dog.[↗](../../diminished/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The play uses a diminished chord to sound spooky.[↗](../../diminished/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Goll could do a thing that would be hard for another person, and he could do it so beautifully that he was not diminished by any action.[↗](../../diminished/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.'[↗](../../diminished/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diminished/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; but he that gathereth little by little shall increase.[↗](../../diminished/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.13.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diminished/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished; for the LORD, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.'[↗](../../diminished/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.21.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diminished/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.[↗](../../diminished/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.29.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../diminished/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **diminishing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Diminishing means getting smaller, fewer or weaker over time.[↗](../../diminishing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Diminishing describes something that is becoming smaller or less: «diminishing supplies».[↗](../../diminishing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The water in the tank is diminishing day by day.[↗](../../diminishing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The diminishing light told us night was coming.[↗](../../diminishing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Their supply of food was diminishing fast.[↗](../../diminishing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rainforests are diminishing around the world.[↗](../../diminishing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The noise of the plane was diminishing in the distance.[↗](../../diminishing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A diminishing pattern: 64, 32, 16, 8 — what comes next?[↗](../../diminishing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But the sand hill only drove the pond a little farther away, and its waters seemed to increase instead of diminishing.[↗](../../diminishing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **diminution** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A reduction in size, amount, importance or strength; getting smaller or less.[↗](../../diminution/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a diminution in the number of birds this spring.[↗](../../diminution/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The medicine caused a diminution of pain.[↗](../../diminution/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm passed with no diminution in the wind until the evening.[↗](../../diminution/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The report notes a gradual diminution of resources.[↗](../../diminution/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Old age brought a diminution of his strength.[↗](../../diminution/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Ninth Path is the Pure intelligence so called because it purifies the Numerations, it proves and corrects the designing of their representation, and disposes their unity with which they are combined without diminution or division.[↗](../../diminution/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../diminution/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **diminutive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very small or short.[↗](../../diminutive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (grammar, noun) A form of a word or name that means small or shows affection, such as «duckling», «piglet», «booklet», or «Billy» for William.[↗](../../diminutive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The diminutive girl was the fastest runner in the school.[↗](../../diminutive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Piglet» is the diminutive of «pig».[↗](../../diminutive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Jimmy» is a diminutive of «James».[↗](../../diminutive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A diminutive old man opened the door.[↗](../../diminutive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The suffix -let, as in «booklet», makes a diminutive.[↗](../../diminutive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Despite her diminutive size, the terrier was very brave.[↗](../../diminutive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dimly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dimly means with only a little light, not brightly.[↗](../../dimly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dimly means not clearly, in a faint or uncertain way (dimly remember).[↗](../../dimly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cave was dimly lit by our torches.[↗](../../dimly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I dimly remember my first day at nursery.[↗](../../dimly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bulb shone dimly because the battery was flat.[↗](../../dimly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Stars glowed dimly through the clouds.[↗](../../dimly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was dimly aware of a noise downstairs.[↗](../../dimly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked along the dimly lit corridor.[↗](../../dimly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She turned round, and--was it her fancy? or did the fire burn more dimly than before?[↗](../../dimly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A bruised reed shall he not break, and the dimly burning wick shall he not quench; he shall make the right to go forth according to the truth.[↗](../../dimly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.42.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dimly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/29/) **30** [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/31/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/29/) - next →: [page 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/31/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)