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Definition of Iridescently
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iridescently
Literary usage of Iridescently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forty Years of 'Spy,' by Leslie Ward (1915)
"... which were full of leaping fish that scintillated iridescently. With strong
fine movements the men drew them in, some standing in the water, ..."
2. A Manual of Mineralogy by Arthur Aikin (1814)
"Kupferkies W. Colour brass or gold yellow, often iridescently tarnished externally;
occurs crystallized, dendritic, stalactitic, and amorphous; form, ..."
3. A Treatise on the External Characters of Fossils by Abraham Gottlob Werner (1805)
"Common Arsenical-Pyrites, Colour silver-white, but commonly tarnished grey- .
ish, yellowish, or blueish verging on tin-white, some- Times also iridescently ..."
4. Elements of Mineralogy by Richard Kirwan (1810)
"Dark black, or brownish black, often passing into the blood red, or bluish black,
or iridescently tarnished blue, the lips of the crystals often blood red. ..."
5. Persia and Turkey in Revolt by David Fraser (1910)
"... was limpid clarity there now shone forth iridescently all the colours of the
rainbow. Nothing came out now but exposures made in the fiercest light. ..."
6. The Footlights, Fore and Aft by Channing Pollock (1911)
"... glittering chariot- horses race beneath illuminative memoranda of the virtues
of table waters, sparkling wine pours itself iridescently into a glowing ..."
7. Forty Years of 'Spy,' by Leslie Ward (1915)
"... which were full of leaping fish that scintillated iridescently. With strong
fine movements the men drew them in, some standing in the water, ..."
8. A Manual of Mineralogy by Arthur Aikin (1814)
"Kupferkies W. Colour brass or gold yellow, often iridescently tarnished externally;
occurs crystallized, dendritic, stalactitic, and amorphous; form, ..."
9. A Treatise on the External Characters of Fossils by Abraham Gottlob Werner (1805)
"Common Arsenical-Pyrites, Colour silver-white, but commonly tarnished grey- .
ish, yellowish, or blueish verging on tin-white, some- Times also iridescently ..."
10. Elements of Mineralogy by Richard Kirwan (1810)
"Dark black, or brownish black, often passing into the blood red, or bluish black,
or iridescently tarnished blue, the lips of the crystals often blood red. ..."
11. Persia and Turkey in Revolt by David Fraser (1910)
"... was limpid clarity there now shone forth iridescently all the colours of the
rainbow. Nothing came out now but exposures made in the fiercest light. ..."
12. The Footlights, Fore and Aft by Channing Pollock (1911)
"... glittering chariot- horses race beneath illuminative memoranda of the virtues
of table waters, sparkling wine pours itself iridescently into a glowing ..."
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