Meaning & use

twilight

noun·Academic

The soft, dim light in the sky just after sunset or before sunrise.

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We walked home slowly through the quiet streets at twilight.

The garden looked almost magical in the soft light of twilight.

A note on using this word

Twilight is often used figuratively for the final, fading stage of something, as in 'the twilight of his career'.

Words with a similar meaning

duskgloaming

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