gleamingly
- adverb
- /ˈɡliːmɪŋli/
- The newly polished floor gleamed gleamingly under the bright lights.
Examples
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He also says the "gleamingly modern" design of the place is pretty cool, and the service is friendly and unrushed.
Blog text (18) -
She smiled gleamingly as she received her award for the best performance.
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Feasts devoured in the blue light of late night movies, strawberries dipped in chocolate in your mother's gleamingly unused fondue set.
Fiction book (1992) -
The car's paint shone gleamingly in the afternoon sun.
Synonyms
In a way that has a lot of light or that looks happy
Shining with a very bright, strong light
In a bright, happy way that shows great joy
In a very bright and impressive way
In a way that gives off bright light
Very brightly like a light, or showing strong feeling on someone's face
In a bright and beautiful way that impresses people
In a soft, flickering light that makes things look bright
In a way that shines and seems very impressive
In a very bright, clear way
In a way that shines with many small bright flashes of light
A person smiles in a bright, happy way
In a way that shows changing rainbow colors that shine
In a way that gives light to make things more visible
In a very praising way that makes someone or something sound excellent
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gleamingly comes from the simple verb gleam, which means 'to shine', plus the ending -ly that makes it an adverb. So, to do something gleamingly is to do it 'with a bright shine' or in a way that clearly impresses people.