Definition of dusky
                                                                                                    
                                                                            (adj) 
                                                                                                                                                         lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky 
night rides 
down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the 
twilight glow of the sky"; "a 
boat on a twilit river"
                                                                        
 
                                                                    
                                                                                                                 naturally having 
skin of a 
dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a 
smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic"