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gleamy

[ glee-mee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, gleam·i·er, gleam·i·est.

Origin of gleamy¹

First recorded in 1585–95; gleam + -y ¹

Dickey was kindly, loud, immense, tie-askew, gleamy-eyed and gloriously drunk—before noon.

Somehow it haunts me, that soft, gleamy, virgin gold there in the solitary rivers with not a soul to pick it up.

The fresh wind, the gleamy wisps of light, the running, open sea beyond the harbour bars.

Helpless and hopeless it is drawn ashore, upturning, in the act of submission, its starred and gleamy flanks.

He bobbed his head, smiled absently and went back to his gleamy gadgets.

She set them together and opened her lips to show him all the gleamy whiteness between.

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