Both Uses of
twilight
in
Great Expectations
- After looking at the twilight without, for a little while, she went on to say:— "The time has come round when Miss Havisham wishes to have me for a day at Satis.†
Chpt 38 *
- Twilight was closing in when I went down stairs into the natural air.†
Chpt 49
Definitions:
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(1)
(twilight as in: pink clouds in a twilight sky) the time of day between daylight and darkness (just after sunset or just before sunrise); or the light from the sky at that time
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(2)
(twilight as in: the twilight of her career) a condition of decline following successes
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, twilight can refer to