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adjective

    Having a high, radiant sheen: glassy, glistening, glossy, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny. See light/darkness.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a flash of light (especially reflected light)
  Synonyms: gleam, glimmer

Meaning #2: an appearance of reflected light
  Synonyms: gleam, glow, lambency

The adjective gleaming has one meaning:

Meaning #1: bright with a steady but subdued shining
  Synonyms: agleam, nitid

 
 
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