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shimmeriest

shimmeriest is the superlative form of shimmery.

Meaning of shimmery

Adjective

shimmery (comparative shimmerier, superlative shimmeriest)

  1. (Apparently) shimmering, or shining with a faint, or intermittent or trembling gleam or light.
    • He had not known him at first; at least not for certain in the shimmery moonlight; the man he had seen looked younger and of lighter build, he said, and he had not taken him to be his old friend and mate; […]1875, E[lizabeth] Lynn Linton, “Truth and Seeming”, in Patricia Kemball. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott & Co., →OCLC, page 465
  2. (figuratively) (Apparently) shaking or trembling.
    • "How is Mrs. Marvyn?" said Mrs. Scudder. / "Kinder thin and shimmery; but she's about,—habin' her eyes eberywar 'n' lookin' into eberyting.["]1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “The Quilting”, in The Minister’s Wooing, New York, N.Y.: Derby and Jackson, […], →OCLC, page 446

Questions about shimmeriest

What is shimmeriest the superlative form of?
Shimmeriest is the superlative form of shimmery.

Words near shimmeriest in the dictionary

  1. shimmered
  2. shimmerer
  3. shimmerers
  4. shimmereth
  5. shimmerier
  6. shimmeriest
  7. shimmeriness
  8. shimmering
  9. shimmeringly
  10. shimmerings
  11. shimmers

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