GLIMMERINGLY

Etymology

Adverb

glimmeringly (comparative more glimmeringly, superlative most glimmeringly)

In a glimmering manner.

By way of vague, imprecise notions or suspicions.

The truth came to her glimmeringly.

Source: Wiktionary

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GLIMMERING

Glim"mer*ing, n.

1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. South.

2. A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.

GLIMMER

Glim"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering.] Etym: [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See Gleam a ray, and cf. Glimpse.]

Definition: To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Shak.

Syn.

– To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash.

Glim"mer, n.

1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam. Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. Tennyson.

2. Mica. See Mica. Woodsward. Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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