— benightedly , adv. — benightedness , n.
/bi nuy"tid/ , adj.
1. intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened: benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.
2. overtaken by darkness or night.
[ 1565-75; benight (BE- + NIGHT) + -ED 2 ]
Syn. 1. backward, primitive, crude, uncultivated.