rare. [f. SWIMMING ppl. a. + -NESS.] a. A misty or moist appearance (of the eyes). b. Smooth gliding movement.
1700. Congreve, Way of World, III. v. You see that picture has a sort of a—Ha, Foible! a Swimmingness in the eyes.
1746. H. Walpole, Lett. to Conway, 24 Oct. His eyes … had … a certain melancholy swimmingness, that described hopeless love rather than a natural amorous languish.
1835. T. Hook, G. Gurney, I. vii. 283. There was a swan-like swimmingness about her air and gait.
