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glassily

[glas-ee, glah-see]

glass·y

[glas-ee, glah-see] adjective, glass·i·er, glass·i·est, noun, plural glass·ies.
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.

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English glasy. See glass, -y1

glass·i·ly, adverb
glass·i·ness, noun
un·glass·y, adjective
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glassy (ˈɡlɑːsɪ)
 
adj , glassier, glassiest
1.  resembling glass, esp in smoothness, slipperiness, or transparency
2.  void of expression, life, or warmth: a glassy stare
 
'glassily
 
adv
 
'glassiness
 
n

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