agleam

[ uh-gleem ]

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adjective

gleaming; bright; radiant: a city agleam with lights.

Origin of agleam

First recorded in 1865–70; a-¹ + gleam

Words Nearby agleam

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How to use agleam in a sentence

While whiskey distillers often have a nearly fetishistic relationship with their shiny stills, all agleam with copper, whiskey remains at root an agricultural product.
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Scraggs looked up and his cold green eyes were agleam with malice and triumph as they rested on the unhappy pair.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. Kyne
With tongue lolling, white teeth all agleam, he came roaring out of the shadows.
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For an instant Lawler stood over him, pale, his eyes agleam.
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M. Pujol, his bright eyes agleam with merriment and his arms moving in frantic gestures, danced about the platform.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke

By this time the professor, his eyes agleam over his latest discovery, was back at the side of the car.
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British Dictionary definitions for agleam

agleam

/ (əˈɡliːm) /

adjective

(postpositive) glowing; gleaming

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