shiny

[ shahy-nee ]
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adjective,shin·i·er, shin·i·est.
  1. bright or glossy in appearance.

  2. filled with light, as by sunshine.

  1. rubbed or worn to a glossy smoothness, as clothes.

Origin of shiny

1
First recorded in 1580–90; shine1 + -y1

Other words for shiny

Other words from shiny

  • shin·i·ly, adverb
  • shin·i·ness, noun
  • un·shin·y, adjective

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How to use shiny in a sentence

  • The old mahogany chairs upholstered in hair cloth were shinily forbidding.

    Chicken Little Jane | Lily Munsell Ritchie
  • Olive Dunleavy was shinily present, her ash-blond hair in a new coiffure.

    The Trail of the Hawk | Sinclair Lewis
  • Best enters in hairdresser's attire, shinily laundered, his locks in curlpapers.

    Ulysses | James Joyce
  • Everywhere the shell-craters show up shinily in the aerial photographs, with their water reflecting the light like silver mirrors.

British Dictionary definitions for shiny

shiny

/ (ˈʃaɪnɪ) /


adjectiveshinier or shiniest
  1. glossy or polished; bright

  2. (of clothes or material) worn to a smooth and glossy state, as by continual rubbing

Derived forms of shiny

  • shininess, noun

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