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twilit

[ twahy-lit ]

/ ˈtwaɪˌlɪt /

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adjective

lighted by or as by twilight: a twilit cathedral.

Origin of twilit

First recorded in 1865–70; twi(light) + lit¹

Words nearby twilit

twilight glow, twilight of the gods, twilight sleep, twilight state, twilight zone, twilit, twill, twill weave, twin, twin bed, twin bill

Example sentences from the Web for twilit

With his hands clasped behind him, as though even yet he dared not touch her, he crossed the twilit room toward her.

The Street Called Straight |Basil King
But it was another thought that kept her silent as they strolled to and fro upon the twilit sward.

Denis Dent |Ernest W. Hornung
In the stillness of the twilit courtyard she could hear the sounds of laughter and talking from the Quadrangle.

Molly Brown's Freshman Days |Nell Speed
Thanks, I dined on the way up—in a twilit refreshment-room, with one waiter and a number of attendant black-beetles.

With Edged Tools |Henry Seton Merriman

A man who probably meant well was playing long, yellowish, twilit wails on a cornet, somewhere on the outskirts.

The Innocents |Sinclair Lewis