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  • adverb In a glistening manner.

Etymologies

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glistening +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • He catches some more, now preciously aware, glisteningly upheld.

    Child Matt Dennison 2012

  • The 10-minute title track opens with delicate, impetuously flowing lines that grow more emphatic, become glisteningly impressionistic, and then dissolve into quietly playful prancings.

    Irène Schweizer: To Whom It May Concern – review 2011

  • It was glisteningly beautiful, the kitchen smelled great, and I used just 2 tablespoons of oil for the entire dish.

    A wok is a chef's best friend for simple, efficient cooking 2011

  • Like magic, it makes it even more glisteningly white!

    Michael Henry Adams: Race in Black and White 2009

  • This "fantastic voyage" through a glisteningly clean Chevrolet engine is an excellent example of the soft-sell industrial, where the product that's promoted is hardly ever mentioned by name.

    Archive 2009-08-09 Zen Tiger 2009

  • They were crushed into the Garden of Ono the other night -- that fine place where apparently Gisele once broke a slender wrist -- to celebrate the glisteningly new Daily Mini, a petite monthly spin-off of Fashion Week Daily.

    The Higher the Hemline: The Daily Goes Monthly 2006

  • The concierge, who was hit in the face, received minor lacerations and a glisteningly perfect cause of action.

    The actor and the concierge. Ann Althouse 2005

  • The cup across from her was icily clean, glisteningly empty.

    Main Street 2004

  • The cup across from her was icily clean, glisteningly empty.

    Main Street 1920

  • The cup across from her was icily clean, glisteningly empty.

    Main Street Sinclair Lewis 1918

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