Flushed darkly
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"She flushed darkly. I imagined that she saw her husband installed in a luxurious suite of rooms, dining at one smart restaurant after another, and she pictured his days spent at race-meetings and his evenings at the play."
Somerset Maugham: The Moon and Sixpence
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How can I interpret “flushed darkly”? I take “flush” to mean becoming red in the face. What does “darkly” mean here?
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book mango 418 How can I interpret “flushed darkly”? I take “flush” to mean becoming red in the face. Right.
- book mango 418 How can I interpret “flushed darkly”?
- I take “flush” to mean becoming red in the face.
- Right.
- book mango 418 What does “darkly” mean here?
- Dark red, I guess, but it denotes suppressed rage, "dark" having a dual purpose.
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book mango 418How can I interpret “flushed darkly”? I take “flush” to mean becoming red in the face.
Right.
book mango 418What does “darkly” mean here?
Dark red, I guess, but it denotes suppressed rage, "dark" having a dual purpose.
0book mango 418She flushed
The emotion of embarrassment or humility.
book mango 418"She flushed darkly
The emotion of indignation or anger
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