shimmeringly
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7.5
- adverb
- /ˈʃɪmərɪŋli/
- The stars twinkled shimmeringly against the dark night sky.
Examples
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Her dress sparkled shimmeringly as she walked under the party lights.
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Some distance farther along, but still in a southwest direction, she came to the Emerald Pool, shimmeringly beautiful in the growing morning light.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's a ride I'll stay on, metaphorically speaking, if I can get to dishes such as the shimmeringly deep.
Blog text (22) -
The lake looked shimmeringly bright in the morning sun.
Synonyms
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5.3
In a way that gives off bright light
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4.2
In a way that shines or sparkles to attract attention
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5.1
In a way that shines brightly or looks very good
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7.2
Showing quick, unsteady changes, like a light going on and off
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5.5
In a way that shines and seems very impressive
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4.4
In a way that shines with many small bright flashes of light
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3.6
In a very bright, clear way
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7.8
In a way that shows changing rainbow colors that shine
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
shimmeringly = shimmering (transparent) = shimmer + ing + ly
The adverb is a straightforward formation from the participial adjective 'shimmering' plus the adverbial suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
Shimmeringly comes from the verb shimmer plus the endings -ing and -ly, where shimmer means 'to shine with a soft, moving light' and -ly makes it an adverb. Think of light moving gently on water or a dress that seems to flicker, so something done shimmeringly shines in that soft, flickering way.