darkeningly

English

Etymology

From darkening +‎ -ly.

Adverb

darkeningly (comparative more darkeningly, superlative most darkeningly)

1. So as to darken.
   • 1919, Theodore Dreiser, Twelve Men:

     In addition, he wore […] a soft black hat that hung darkeningly over his eyes.

   • 1962, Rudy Wiebe, Peace Shall Destroy Many:

     Up from the floor, from the depths of the corners, […] along the tin-pipe reaching into the ceiling, crept the summer darkness. Only at a blotch of sunlight did it hesitate, tentative as a leaf-flicker on the whitewashed plaster, then moment by long moment it seeped in darkeningly.