Glossy
['glɒsɪ] or ['ɡlɑsi]
Definition
(noun.) a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper.
(adj.) superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense; 'a glossy TV series' .
(adj.) (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers; 'calendered paper'; 'glossy paper' .
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Definition
(superl.) Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface.
(superl.) Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Smooth and shining.
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Definition
adj. smooth and shining: highly polished.—adv. Gloss′ily.—n. Gloss′iness.
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Examples
- The poor little dog's eyes were glazing fast, and there were spots of blood on its glossy white side. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You say yourself that the horse was fresh and glossy when you got in. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was rather a singular one,--a brilliant scarlet geranium, and one single white japonica, with its glossy leaves. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Its top is spreading, and is ornamented with a thick and glossy foliage. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He stepped past and laid his hand upon the glossy neck of the thoroughbred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Having corrected the irregularity, she seated herself on one of the glossy purple arm-chairs; Mrs. Peniston always sat on a chair, never in it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- His coat, that used to be so glossy and trim, was white at the seams, and the buttons showed the copper. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His linen was of the very whitest, finest, and stiffest; his wig of the glossiest, blackest, and curliest. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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