flashingly
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a word derived from
flash.
flashnouna brief, sudden burst of bright light.
Example Sentences
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“It’s blindingly, flashingly obvious that the more onerous the commute is, the lower the occupancy rates,” Quick said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Ernaux’s novels and memoirs are slim but flashingly deep; they possess the shocking pain of a paper cut.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2022
Their response to this was to chat loudly and use their mobile phones silently but flashingly until he came back on.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2012
You live, flashingly ephemeral, an example that the end of talent comes when rebellion's impossible.
From Time Magazine Archive
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That's a very pretty compliment indeed," said Sylvia, smiling at him flashingly, "and I'm going to reward you by reading some of Judith's letter aloud.
From The Bent Twig by Dorothy Canfield Fisher