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GLASSY

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glass⋅y

  [glas-ee, glah-see] adjective, glass⋅i⋅er, glass⋅i⋅est, noun, plural glass⋅ies.
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–adjective
1. resembling glass, as in transparency or smoothness.
2. expressionless; dull: glassy eyes; a glassy stare.
3. of the nature of glass; vitreous.
–noun
4. Also, glassie. Marbles. a marble used as a shooter.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME glasy. See glass, -y 1

Related forms:
glass⋅i⋅ly, adverb
glass⋅i⋅ness, noun
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glass·y   (glās'ē)   
adj.   glass·i·er, glass·i·est

  1. Characteristic of or resembling glass.

  2. Lifeless; expressionless: "the face changing to a demon's face with a fixed glassy grin" (Katherine Anne Porter).

glass'i·ly adv., glass'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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