What does lightening mean?
Lightening means present participle and gerund of lighten.
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/ˈlaɪ.tn̩.ɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of lighten.
Bradly did not think of Cora till he picked up her figure ahead of him on the downs, but with that he was aware of a sudden lightening of his spirits, and stepped out faster to overtake her.
Use lightening when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lightening means present participle and gerund of lighten.
Common synonyms include whitening.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Bradly did not think of Cora till he picked up her figure ahead of him on the downs, but with that he was aware of a sudden lightening of his spirits, and stepped out faster to overtake her.
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