'Darkly' definitions:

Definition of 'darkly'

(from WordNet)
adverb
Without light; "the river was sliding darkly under the mist" [syn: darkly, in darkness]
adverb
In a dark glowering menacing manner; "he stared darkly at her"

Definition of 'Darkly'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]