adverb
- in a manner that shines faintly or with a wavering light; with a glimmering quality
- in a way that is barely perceptible or only partially understood; obscurely
Usage: literary or poetic usage
Usage: figurative usage
Examples
- The stars shone glimmeringly through the thin clouds.
- Her eyes reflected the candlelight glimmeringly in the darkness.
- The truth of the matter appeared only glimmeringly to him at first.
- The distant lighthouse beam swept glimmeringly across the water.
- He understood the concept only glimmeringly before the full explanation.
- The jewels caught the light glimmeringly as she moved.