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pearlescently

pearlescently adverb: in a pearlescent way.

Adverb

pearlescently (not comparable)

  1. In a pearlescent way.
    • Her lips, the only visible part of her, were invitingly curved, and her smile was simply delicious, her teeth even, glistening, and pearlescently white, promising beauty behind her mask.1992, Teresa Desjardien, A June Wedding, page 158

Origin of pearlescently

From pearlescent + -ly.

Questions about pearlescently

What does pearlescently mean?
Pearlescently means in a pearlescent way.
What part of speech is pearlescently?
Pearlescently is an adverb.

Words near pearlescently in the dictionary

  1. pearler
  2. pearlers
  3. pearlescence
  4. pearlescences
  5. pearlescent
  6. pearlescently
  7. pearlesque
  8. pearless
  9. pearlet
  10. pearlets
  11. pearlfish

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