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[ adjective ] bright with a steady but subdued shining

Synonyms

nitid agleam

Examples

"from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights" "the gleaming brass on the altar" "Nereids beneath the nitid moon"

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

We were off the road , gleaming barbed_wire pulling taut .

In the ditch sand was white and soft looking , only an occasional pebble discernible , faintly gleaming .

Related terms

bright

2
[ noun ] a flash of light (especially reflected light)

Synonyms

gleam glimmer

Related terms

flash gleam

3
[ noun ] an appearance of reflected light

Synonyms

gleam lambency glow

Related terms

radiance glow

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