Meanings
adverbfluorescently (comparative more fluorescently, superlative most fluorescently)
comparative more fluorescently · superlative most fluorescently
- In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence.
Fully air-conditioned and fluorescently lit, it is strikingly decorated and there is a magnificent outlook through the wide windows.
1960 December, “Modern lightweight coaches of the Swiss Federal Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 745, photo caption
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
- Latinfluō
- Latinfluor
- Englishfluor
- Englishfluorite
- Middle Low Germanspar
- Old Englishspærstān
- Middle Englishsparston
- Englishsparstonebf.
- Englishspar
- Englishfluorspar
- Englishfluorescencebf.
- Englishfluoresce
- Englishfluorescent
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishfluorescently
From fluorescent + -ly.
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fluorescently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorescently
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“fluorescently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorescently. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fluorescently,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fluorescently.
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