glimmerings

Synonyms for glimmerings

noun idea, clue

1580s, from glimmer (v.).

With this new-found peace of mind came the first glimmerings of drowsiness.

There are some glimmerings of his mind here and there in it; but not many.

The first glimmerings of dawn were now beginning to light the horizon.

Had she been a girl in society she could scarcely have avoided some glimmerings of knowledge.

Later on glimmerings of the true light began to break in upon men.

Besides, in his fertile imagination he had the glimmerings of a stratagem.

In the worst state of Indian society, there are always some glimmerings of truth.

The Hermit, for all his inhuman life, had some glimmerings of sense.

"There's the cellar," suggested Mabel, doubtfully, yet with glimmerings of hope.

Nevertheless, he is said to have had some glimmerings of a future state.