Adjective
1. 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"2. 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"