From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhalf-lightˈhalf-light noun [uncountable] DARKthe dull grey light you see when it is almost dark but not completely dark the cold half-light of the early morning
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half-light• A sharp, heavy knock sent Nadia scrambling out into the cold half-light of the early morning.• Waking with a start, she lay in the grey half-light of dawn, wondering where she was.• the misty half-light of dawn• There is an eerie stamp of disaster about this wind-thrown entanglement in the murky half-light of night water.• Her face really was beautiful in that half-light.• She sobbed, and in the half-light I saw the anguish in her face.• Like kneading bread in the half-light of the restaurant kitchen.• In the steamy mirror in the half-light, my body seems smooth and strong, almost lovely.• The counselor spoke her name, and she looked up, her eyes red in the half-light. 