Meaning & use
twilight
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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