beaming

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I doubt anybody's waiting with bated breath for your beaming, all-beneficent smile.

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  1. In cloth-manuf., the operation of winding the warp-yarn on the beam of a loom.
  2. In leather-making, the operation of working hides with a slicker over a beam, or with a beaming-machine.
  3. Characterized by radiance; bright; cheerful.

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  • The boy flipped over and sat up beaming, his hands cupped in front of him. —  Hoot
  • In his Guest of Honor speech Barry was beaming, simply beaming, as he said, "I cannot tell you what an honor it is to be here where bad prose is being read and not being given the Hugo Award or the Nebula." —  F ;SF - vol 104 issue 06 - June 2003
  • There sat Harriet full and beaming, and the thin Richard beside her, like any Australian couple in a shabby sulky behind a shabby pony, trotting lazily under the gum-trees of the high-road and up the steep, steep, jungle-dense climb of the mountain to the pass. —  Lawrence - Kangaroo
  • It was a day bright, beaming, and exhilarating as one of our own winter days. —  Letters from England 1846-1849
  • He looked quite beaming, as if he meant to forget the law for a few hours, and to enjoy himself. —  The Princess of the School
 

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