Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Darting beams of light; gleaming; flashing; beaming.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective shiny, bright, glowing

Etymologies

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gleam +‎ -y

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Examples

  • Feeling the omnipresent pain in his hip, he negotiated his way to the little vehicle to see, astonishingly, that someone had pulled up in a brand new Dodge Charger, his dream vehicle, though this one was death black and gleamy.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Biv spectrum, and oxfords that were shined up too gleamy to show off that nice shade of black suggesting death, taxes, and cervical cancer.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • He was the one on the brand-new Kawasaki 400, a gleamy red dream machine, bigger than all the other bikes.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • He was the one on the brand-new Kawasaki 400, a gleamy red dream machine, bigger than all the other bikes.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • And then Funny arrives and shes bouncing and smiling, her dark eyes gleamy, the corners of her mouth turned up like an elfs.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

  • Feeling the omnipresent pain in his hip, he negotiated his way to the little vehicle to see, astonishingly, that someone had pulled up in a brand new Dodge Charger, his dream vehicle, though this one was death black and gleamy.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Christie wrapped her arms around herself and led him inside, into her vast kitchen, all gleamy stainless steel and shiny black granite, immaculate as an operating theater.

    Best Friends Forever Jennifer Weiner 2009

  • Christie wrapped her arms around herself and led him inside, into her vast kitchen, all gleamy stainless steel and shiny black granite, immaculate as an operating theater.

    Best Friends Forever Jennifer Weiner 2009

  • Biv spectrum, and oxfords that were shined up too gleamy to show off that nice shade of black suggesting death, taxes, and cervical cancer.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • And then Funny arrives and shes bouncing and smiling, her dark eyes gleamy, the corners of her mouth turned up like an elfs.

    The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009

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