Meanings
adverbbrimmingly (comparative more brimmingly, superlative most brimmingly)
comparative more brimmingly · superlative most brimmingly
- figurativelyoftenSo as to brim or overflow.
Having a husband who was so brimmingly full of fun might have involved a certain strain; still, the fact that Véra was not similarly blessed is just a reminder of the planetary norm.
2015 November 10, Martin Amis, “In ‘Letters to Véra,’ Vladimir Nabokov Writes to His Wife”, in New York Times
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brimmingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brimmingly
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“brimmingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brimmingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brimmingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brimmingly.
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