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agleam

[ uh-gleem ]

adjective

  1. gleaming; bright; radiant:

    a city agleam with lights.



agleam

/ əˈɡ±ô¾±Ë³¾ /

adjective

  1. postpositive glowing; gleaming
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of agleam1

First recorded in 1865–70; a- 1 + gleam
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His blue eyes agleam, his trousers pressed, the former president, a wanderer accustomed to the planet’s cruel and harsh predicaments, offered coffee and pastries in his hotel room.

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“I’m going to lie to you tonight, a lot,†he says, eyes agleam.

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Or, as we see in “The Woman King’s†cut-to-the-quick opening scene, to rise silently from the grasses, sword out, midriff bared, shoulders agleam with sweat and firelight.

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Vivienne has come out of the crowd, cat eyes agleam, hair loose around her face.

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His eyes agleam, his voice leavened with the smoke of countless joints, the 71-year-old comic, writer, art collector, actor, potter and son of a Los Angeles cop is sanguine and contemplative about life’s curious trajectories.

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