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opalescently

opalescently adverb: in an opalescent manner.

Adverb

opalescently (comparative more opalescently, superlative most opalescently)

  1. In an opalescent manner.
    • The light seemed to boil opalescently, like liquid soap shaken gently in a bottle.1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 345

Forms of opalescently

comparativemore opalescently
superlativemost opalescently

Origin of opalescently

From opalescent + -ly.

Questions about opalescently

What does opalescently mean?
Opalescently means in an opalescent manner.
What part of speech is opalescently?
Opalescently is an adverb.

Words near opalescently in the dictionary

  1. opalescence
  2. opalescences
  3. opalescent
  4. opalescent nudibranch
  5. opalescent nudibranchs
  6. opalescently
  7. opalesces
  8. opalescing
  9. opalesque
  10. opaleye
  11. opaleyes

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