shimmery
Syllables: shim·meryUK/ˈʃɪməɹi//ˈʃɪməɹi/
shimmery adjective: shimmering, or shining with a faint, or intermittent or trembling gleam or light.
Adjective
shimmery (comparative shimmerier, superlative shimmeriest)
- 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
- There will always be something worth living for while there are shimmery afternoons.1883 June, Ralph Iron [pseudonym; Olive Schreiner], “Waldo Goes Out to Sit in the Sunshine”, in The Story of an African Farm, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: H. M. Caldwell Company, →OCLC, part II, page...
- (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
Examples of shimmery in a sentence
- The length of the gorge on both sides was hung as it were with black shimmery velvet curtains, and Mowgli sank as he looked, for those were the clotted millions of the sleeping bees.1895 November, Rudyard Kipling, “Red Dog”, in The Second Jungle Book, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 187:
- Epaulets of shimmery brass cover it and pipings of gold; and its chrome bell bings if the ancient motorman taps it with a wrinkled shoe.1966, Ray Bradbury, “The Trolley”, in S Is for Space, London: Granada Publishing, published 1983, →ISBN, page 221:
- […] Aunty Ada would base her prostitute judgment on Nia’s lipstick, a shimmery orange, and the eye shadow—similar to the shade of the lipstick—that clung to her heavy lids.2009, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “The Arrangers of Marriage”, in The Thing Around Your Neck (A Borzoi Book), New York, N.Y.: Alfred...
Synonyms of shimmery
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Forms of shimmery
| comparative | shimmerier |
|---|---|
| superlative | shimmeriest |
Origin of shimmery
From shimmer + -y (suffix meaning ‘inclined to’ forming adjectives).
Words formed from shimmery
Questions about shimmery
- What does shimmery mean?
- Shimmery means shimmering, or shining with a faint, or intermittent or trembling gleam or light.
- How do you use shimmery in a sentence?
- The length of the gorge on both sides was hung as it were with black shimmery velvet curtains, and Mowgli sank as he looked, for those were the clotted millions of the sleeping bees.
- What part of speech is shimmery?
- Shimmery is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce shimmery?
- Shimmery is pronounced /ˈʃɪməɹi/ (UK).
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