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Shimmery

//ˈʃɪməɹi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    shimmering, or shining with a faint, or intermittent or trembling gleam or light.

    "He had not known him at first; at least not for certain in the shimmery moonlight; the man he had seen looked younger and of lighter build, he said, and he had not taken him to be his old friend and mate; […]"

  2. 2
    (Apparently) shaking or trembling. figuratively

    ""How is Mrs. Marvyn?" said Mrs. Scudder. / "Kinder thin and shimmery; but she's about,—habin' her eyes eberywar 'n' lookin' into eberyting.["]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    glistening tremulously wordnet

Etymology

From shimmer + -y (suffix meaning ‘inclined to’ forming adjectives).

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