Definition of Shimmery

1. Adjective. Glistening tremulously. "A dress of shimmery satin"

Similar to: Bright
Derivative terms: Shimmer

Definition of Shimmery

1. Adjective. Appearing to shimmer, glistening. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shimmery

1. shimmering [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shimmery

shimaal
shimaals
shimadas
shimamushi disease
shime-waza
shimekomi
shimiyana
shimmed
shimmer
shimmered
shimmeriness
shimmering
shimmeringly
shimmers
shimmery (current term)
shimmey
shimmeys
shimmied
shimmies
shimming
shimmy
shimmy-shammy
shimmy on down
shimmying
shimpan
shimpan bucho
shimpan fukubucho
shims
shin

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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