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Definition of Shimmery
1. Adjective. Glistening tremulously. "A dress of shimmery satin"
Definition of Shimmery
1. Adjective. Appearing to shimmer, glistening. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shimmery
1. shimmering [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shimmery
Literary usage of Shimmery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Problems of the New Life by Morrison Isaac Swift (1891)
""There will always be something worth living for while there are shimmery afternoons."
After life has been tried among the thorny paths of some absorbing ..."
2. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1891)
"There was a shimmery glister of lightning among the shadowy growth. ... He turned
away from the midnight still, and followed that shimmery light, ..."
3. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"... it's more shimmery, as if I 'd painted the shimmering protoplasm in the leaves
and everywhere, and not the stiffness of the shape. ..."
4. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"it; it's more shimmery, as if I'd painted the shimmering protoplasm in the leaves
and everywhere, and not the stiff' ness of the shape. ..."
5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1920)
"'All O's describe the experience as a " flashing," " flickering," " unsteady," "
shimmery," "flame-like," "liquid," "live" grey. It is further reported as a ..."
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