darkling

dar·kling  (därklng)

adv.

In the dark.

adj.

1. Occurring or enacted in the dark.

2. Dark; dim.

n.

The dark: "She carried some rugs for me through the shrubbery in the darkling" (H.G. Wells).

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	darkling - uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure; "a darkling glance"; "secret operatives and darkling conspiracies"-Archibald MacLeish dark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"
	2.	darkling - (poetic) occurring in the dark or night; "a darkling journey" poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form dark - devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"