gleamy

[ glee-mee ]

adjective,gleam·i·er, gleam·i·est.

Origin of gleamy

First recorded in 1585–95; gleam + -y¹

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Dickey was kindly, loud, immense, tie-askew, gleamy-eyed and gloriously drunk—before noon.
There Was a Young Man Named Obama | Christopher Buckley | December 28, 2008 | THE DAILY BEAST
Somehow it haunts me, that soft, gleamy, virgin gold there in the solitary rivers with not a soul to pick it up.
The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
The fresh wind, the gleamy wisps of light, the running, open sea beyond the harbour bars.
Sea and Sardinia | D. H. Lawrence
Helpless and hopeless it is drawn ashore, upturning, in the act of submission, its starred and gleamy flanks.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 392, June, 1848 | Various
He bobbed his head, smiled absently and went back to his gleamy gadgets.
A Feast of Demons | William Morrison

She set them together and opened her lips to show him all the gleamy whiteness between.
Married Life | May Edginton

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