lambent
adjective
softly bright or radiant.
lambently
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a word derived from
lambent.
Example Sentences
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That tinge is what gives its strange glitter to his fooling; madness playing safely and lambently around the stoutest common sense.
From Figures of Several Centuries by Arthur Symons
The Incarnation will be pondered to the accompaniment of roast beef, and the Atonement will play lambently around the solid richness of plum-pudding.
From Arrows of Freethought by G. W. (George William) Foote
The rich masses of pale hair were luxuriously nestled around her shoulders and the blazing eyes flamed, lambently, under the black brows--but that was all.
From Mr. Isaacs by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Though he addressed Miss Thusa, his glances played lambently on Mittie’s face, and told her the meaning of his words.
From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Caroline Lee Hentz
Instead of the fierce light beating about a throne, it played lambently upon a sty.
From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 3: Byron by John Morley
