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glisteningly

glisteningly adverb: in a glistening manner.

Adverb

glisteningly (comparative more glisteningly, superlative most glisteningly)

  1. In a glistening manner.
    • The dew lay glisteningly on the grass.

Forms of glisteningly

comparativemore glisteningly
superlativemost glisteningly

Origin of glisteningly

From glistening + -ly.

Questions about glisteningly

What does glisteningly mean?
Glisteningly means in a glistening manner.
What part of speech is glisteningly?
Glisteningly is an adverb.

Words near glisteningly in the dictionary

  1. glistened
  2. glistener
  3. glisteners
  4. glisteneth
  5. glistening
  6. glisteningly
  7. glistenings
  8. glistens
  9. glisteny
  10. glister
  11. glistered

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