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Shiny

[shahy-nee]

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adjective, shin·i·er, shin·i·est.

bright or glossy in appearance.

filled with light, as by sunshine.

rubbed or worn to a glossy smoothness, as clothes.

Origin:
1580–90; shine¹ + -y¹

Related forms

shin·i·ly, adverb

shin·i·ness, noun

un·shin·y, adjective

Synonyms
1, 2. brilliant, shining, glistening, gleaming.

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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Add the remaining tablespoon of sugar and beat until peaks are stiff and shiny.

But all that will change, as she will post something shiny and new this afternoon.

People here knew that their lives will only be shiny if they'll make them shine themselves.

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Add the remaining tablespoon of sugar and beat until peaks are stiff and shiny.

But all that will change, as she will post something shiny and new this afternoon.

People here knew that their lives will only be shiny if they'll make them shine themselves.

The shiny has a more marked dark eye line and paler supercilium, giving it a more striking face pattern.

During mating season every year, the males fly around, searching for the shiny brown backs of the females crawling on the ground.

Some people might suddenly decide to take up sky diving, others are driven to purchase a shiny car they can't afford.

Insidious flower bugs are fast-moving, shiny black, pinhead-size bugs with yellowish wing covers.

Basically, a curved shiny building makes a hot spot.

She had put so many quarters in the shiny slot machine of their mutual ambition.

He wears short beige shorts, and he keeps two hunting rifles, a shotgun and a shiny chrome revolver in his gun cabinet.

Solar farms are impressive to look at, with row upon row of shiny rectangles angling toward the sun.

Finding a shiny quarter on the street is a real thrill.

The new and the old- the shiny polish in contrast to the weather-worn door and the pensive shop keeper.

The shiny black insect nestled in the petals of a white rose, seen above, is rather gorgeous in a sinister sort of way.

The collective first had the idea one night when they saw a cat staring at them with shiny eyes.

Shiny new public housing blocks replaced rancid old tenements, but in some cases the disorder actually got worse.

It has lots of shiny new toys, but its child-fighters do not know how to aim them.

With its conspicuous blue eyes and shiny orange claws, this colorful crab seems hard to miss.

Shiny metal surfaces in the meteorite indicate that the area has been dry ever since it fell.

Pachinos are generally small, shiny and outlandishly sweet, way too good for sauce.

Look for fish with bright eyes, shiny skin, and a mild aroma.

Stem cells may be the key to a bright, shiny future of cure-all medicine.

It doesn't do us much good to have a bunch of shiny new electric cars-that sit on dealer lots.

Look for fish with clear eyes and firm, shiny flesh.

Shiny aluminized coatings reduce the amount of heat gained from the sun and limit heat loss at night.

The field was sparkling in the sun with all type of shiny rocks and pebbles.

Narrow, shiny dark green leaves are attractive all year.

The minimalist design is matched by the groovy remote, a shiny metal box with a big, shiny metal knob protruding from the top.

It used to be a sweet little thing, shiny and new and full of promise.

The wrinkled man, shiny braids reaching down his back, is dripping with turquoise jewelry.

And the beauty of shiny white teeth is even less deep.

Shiny deep green leaves more add to my plant list.

The video showed infants watching closely as mother chimps skillfully extract sticks swarming with large, shiny black termites.

VestaLife provides a dock that resembles a shiny ladybug.

Leaves are red tinged when young, maturing to shiny green.

In his book he discusses a dog afraid of shiny floors, and his treatment method is too push a dog onto the shiny floors.

That's also why they have those obnoxious shiny stickers along the edge of the box.

Smooth gray bark flakes away to reveal shiny cinnamon bark beneath.

Unlike dowdy, brown females of the species, male blackbirds possess bright yellow-to-orange beaks and shiny black plumage.

The left-hand part of the figure appears as three shiny oval tubes.

Needles are shiny deep green above, gray green beneath.

And rhododendrons fill the undergrowth with their shiny leaves and large flowers.

The vanes of the radiometer are black on one side, shiny on the other side.

Shiny black ground beetles eat some snail and slug eggs.

The shiny metal cooled and hardened, forming veins of gold.

Shiny material will capture less heat in summer, and radiate less in winter.

Shiny blue or turquoise berries framed by scarlet calyxes form in late summer and hang on after leaves drop.

The jacket looks shiny on the picture, but it's not in person.

Look for fish that have bright eyes, shiny skin, and a mildly fishy aroma.

Every color imaginable seems to be represented in the shiny agate logs.

Shiny dark green leaflets give it a fine-textured look.

Sea kayakers slice the sea's mirror blackness with their shiny craft.

Handsome old buildings routinely fall to make way for shiny new ones.

Smooth and shiny lizards called mole skinks keep alert for potential insect meals.

But scratch the shiny surface of both nations and a rich indigenous musical culture emerges.

Women wear their hair carefully combed and arranged in a series of shiny hanging ringlets.

Not all naturally bald heads are shiny, and not all shiny heads are naturally bald, but all shiny.

On the one hand, it is kind of pretty, shiny things that catch the sunlight.

The shiny metal sphere stands in contrast to the dozens of angular red follies that dot the.

Shiny yellowish green leaves are ovate with pointed.

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So long as people are dazzled by bright, shiny objects, the process will continue.

Now it takes many, many shiny pennies to find illumination, which mainly comes from skin-care counters.

He did not recall what it was when the box of shiny new volumes was delivered to his house.

It has a strong preference for shiny objects and will.

Microsoft is selling the video game accessory as quickly as it can produce them, and hopes to sell five million shiny.

Nixon extends a shiny black bowling ball behind his.

But this shiny white building does not contain medicine or educational aids or even ballot boxes.

Amid a never-ending stream of shiny new distractions, sniffing out the truly amazing bits can become a truly daunting task.

But for elegance of table presentation nothing is as impressive as a shiny copper vessel.

Officials drive shiny new cars to their shiny new offices.

Cool, cavernous galleries filled with shiny red engines and other fun firefighter paraphernalia.

Other communist-era products have reinvented themselves with shiny labels and catchy slogans.

Just the thought of gazing at this handsome clean, shiny chrome machine was enough to have us.

Muscles seem to ripple under its shiny sheet metal, causing its.

But blue-helmet work does not demand shiny new hardware.

Reflections were always available to be viewed on the side of shiny objects or in the water puddle when drinking.

And a need that they have managed to sate with the shiny.

In one hand he clutched a shiny briar pipe and with the other clung to a precious violin.

The shiny new presidential buildings include an office suite and large conference and dining halls.

Paleontology does not, after all, help develop new commercial shiny gadgets or drugs to help us through our dreary days.

Today, look for shiny high-rise apartments, star chefs.

Trace a boundary around the shiny patch by clicking to establish anchor points.

In one, a big matte black fan shape emerges from a shiny black ground.

The way to improve security, he says, is to think about people and processes rather than to buy a shiny new box.

Even the communal toilets remain nearly unscathed, the marble seats shiny from thousands of ancient buttocks.

It's as if time is standing still until their shiny new toy is ready to play with.

Dreadful dentistry has given way to shiny white teeth.

Also, there would be no need to worry about traction on the surface, so it could be smooth and shiny and more efficient as well.

Our shiny new devices deliver the written word to us anywhere, instantly.

General paranoia and an illogical attachment to shiny metals keeps their prices permanently elevated above any sense of utility.

If harsh shadows and shiny overexposed faces are your thing, then the on-camera flash is for you.

Leave your prejudices at the door and think outside the pink, sparkly, shiny stereotype.

Their shiny eager faces reflecting their small yet clear goals was heartening and inspiring.

Kern is a flamboyant character given to shiny blue suits and sweet-talking charm.

Finally, a warm river of molten dark chocolate flows into molds to cool into shiny slabs for eating or cooking.

But no sooner did converts load their libraries onto the shiny new devices than they discovered a new deficiency:.

The tentacles of the political establishment are all too visible in the new shiny parties as well as the discredited old ones.

Inside the slaughterhouse, the floor is shiny and slippery, splotched with red.

The car's engine is in tip-top shape and the body look's nice and shiny.

It could be shiny on the top side and crazyglued on the bottom.

His shiny airplane, a target for government bombers, stands out dangerously in the bleakest liberated zone in the world.

Someone flashed a paper square of shiny table-cut black stones at me.

Putting gray ink on a shiny silver keyboard ensures that buttons are hard to make out under any lighting condition.

The comparison with the shiny new train behind them gave me a feeling of disconsolation.

Just below the brightly sunlit surface hundreds of shiny reef fish dart and feed.

She had severe eyebrows, an erect bearing, and shiny black hair combed into a ponytail.

Some people dream of winning the lottery, others dream of that shiny new car.

COLLAPSE

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World English Dictionary

shiny (ˈʃaɪnɪ)

—*adj* , shinier, shiniest
1.	glossy or polished; bright
2.	(of clothes or material) worn to a smooth and glossy state, as by continual rubbing

'shininess

—n

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