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  • adjective partially devoid of light or brightness

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Examples

  • The semidark was a soothing balm after the tension in the brightly lit living room.

    Thieves Like Us Starr Ambrose 2010

  • ASX itself is planning to launch a semidark-pool offering later this year called VolumeMatch that will keep orders anonymous but display prices.

    Asia Seeks Deep End for Dark Pools Nisha Gopalan 2010

  • Once more under the blanket, in the stuffy semidark, he was aware of his mother sighing and at last stealing quietly away.

    Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010

  • ASX itself is planning to launch a semidark-pool offering later this year called VolumeMatch that will keep orders anonymous but display prices.

    Asia Seeks Deep End for Dark Pools Nisha Gopalan 2010

  • Standing on a rail in the semidark, he ran the rope through the pulleys, made a loop in one end and handed the other to Arkady.

    Three Stations : An Arkady Renko Novel Martin Cruz Smith 2010

  • ASX itself is planning to launch a semidark-pool offering later this year called VolumeMatch that will keep orders anonymous but display prices.

    Asia Seeks Deep End for Dark Pools Nisha Gopalan 2010

  • Edgar worked in the semidark, manipulating and bringing ruin.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • Edgar worked in the semidark, manipulating and bringing ruin.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • Edgar worked in the semidark, manipulating and bringing ruin.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • It was semidark inside as usual, and the smells of beer, booze, bodies, and pub food filled the air, as usual.

    Third Strike Philip R. Craig 2007

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