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shimmery

[ shim-uh-ree ]

adjective

  1. shimmering; shining softly.


shimmery

/ ˈʃɪmərɪ /

adjective

  1. shining with a glistening or tremulous light
  2. glamorous; flashy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shimmery1

First recorded in 1880–85; shimmer + -y 1
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Example Sentences

Like fairy-tale characters spinning straw into gold, the researchers transformed their plant-based slurry into long, shimmery ribbons.

Glitter and shimmery pigments are often made using toxic compounds or microplastics.

No one is better at chronicling late 20th and early 21st century family affection, in all its thorny, shimmery beauty.

From Time

That allowed the researchers, like fairy-tale characters spinning straw into gold, to transform their clear, plant-based slurry into meter-long shimmery ribbons in a rainbow of colors.

When they grow up, males keep this shimmery, showy look, but females take on a drab appearance.

The hot-pink gift bags held tubes of shimmery eye shadow and sparkly necklaces.

He enlarged it, he graced it, he gave it intellectual ambition, and a particularly shimmery American tone.

Though the heat was intense, after a while shimmery haze began to spread over the sky, and there came a sudden change.

A rich brocaded kirtle and shimmery silken paniers seemed to accentuate the dull pallor of her cheeks.

She had abandoned black and wore a satin gown of a soft color, shimmery and splendidly adorned with lace.

He saw a small, elf-like girl in a very shimmery green frock.

I can just imagine you acting hostess in a shimmery sort of white-and-gold costume.

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