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Definition of Gleamy
1. a. Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating.
Definition of Gleamy
1. Adjective. shiny, bright, glowing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gleamy
1. gleaming [adj GLEAMIER, GLEAMIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gleamy
Literary usage of Gleamy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... The hovering Daemon gives the dreadful sign*,- Here furious War her gleamy
falchion draws; Here lean-ribb'd Famine writhes her falling jaws; ..."
2. The Borderland of Country Life by Augusta Larned (1919)
"gleamy WEATHER IT rains as easily now as some sentimental, tenderhearted people
shed tears. ... It is gleamy weather that spreads enchantment over the earth ..."
3. Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1902)
"Why his gleamy grew gloomy ? What compassion I feel for him ! There are many
smokes of the opium but not holy blood of the ..."
4. Festus: A Poem by Philip James Bailey (1853)
"... Can so delight my view As doth the moonstone's changing light And gleamy,
glowing hue; Now blue as Heaven, and then anon As golden as the sun, ..."
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