Lambent

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Flickering lightly.
  • adjective. Having a gentle glow; luminous: synonym: bright.
  • adjective. Light or brilliant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Licking.
  • Hence Running along or over a surface, as if in the act of licking; flowing over or along; lapping or bathing; softly bright; gleaming.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
  • adjective. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Brushing or flickering gently over a surface.
  • adjective. Glowing or luminous, but lacking heat.
  • adjective. Exhibiting lightness or brilliance of wit; clever or witty without unkindness.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. softly bright or radiant
    • Word Usage
    "When he shot the sun at noon, the glow of achievement wrapped him in lambent flame."
    Equivalent
    bright  
    Form
    lambency  lambently  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blue-white  bluish  dimmest  effulgent  eye-searing  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aflicker  barely touching  beaming  bickering  blinking  
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