opalescent
adjective
exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
opalescently
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a word derived from
opalescent.
Example Sentences
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The light seemed to boil opalescently, like liquid soap shaken gently in a bottle.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
A fog had arisen, and the struggling rosy beams of the sun glimmered opalescently through the density.
From Other Things Being Equal by Emma Wolf
