flicker
verb (used without object)
to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light; blink on and off.
flickeringly
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a word derived from
flicker.
Example Sentences
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That dazzling light is only flickeringly in evidence in this new production of “Ghosts,” which resorts at the end to directorial distractions perhaps to compensate for the faulty circuity of the ensemble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
The story of Fryer is only flickeringly told, but by the end he and his ongoing legacy are emotionally unmasked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2019
Yet there were sections of “The Caped Crusade” that only flickeringly, fitfully held my attention.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2016
This sounds, in the abstract, pretentious and forced, but the result is flickeringly poetic.
From Washington Post
A heap of stones, planks, rubble, boards, and roof tiles lay there instead, illuminated flickeringly from inside the building.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
