flickering
adjective
flick·er·ing
ˈfli-k(ə-)riŋ
: moving or shining irregularly or unsteadily
a flickering light
Everything was lit by dingy fluorescent bulbs, half of which were broken or flickering.—Brian Selznick
also
: uncertain and feeble
… he seems to have had only a flickering awareness of what he was doing … —Robert Penn Warren
And some of the exclamation marks and the nostalgia for degradation revive flickering thoughts of Celine. —Herbert Gold
The doctors said they couldn't stop the support measures needed to sustain so flickering a life without a court order. —Arthur Allen
flickeringly
adverb
a flickeringly lit room
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