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Synonyms for shiny


Grammar : Adj
Spell : shahy-nee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃaɪ ni

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Définition of shiny

Origin :
  • 1580s, from shine (n.) + -y (2). As a noun meaning "a shiny object" (also "money") from 1856. Related: Shininess.
  • adj bright, glistening
Example sentences :
  • The sweat oozed from his shiny forehead as he backed cautiously away.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • Worn smooth and shiny now, it is still my most precious possession.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • Later there was rock, sometimes granite-like, sometimes black and shiny.
  • Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer
  • Those eyes were the shiny, vacuous, soulless eyes of a madman!
  • Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
  • The shiny floors had scarcely been walked upon, since they had been refinished.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • He was all soft and shiny, and had wee green eyes like emeralds.
  • Extract from : « Perez the Mouse » by Luis Coloma
  • It becomes hard and shiny, and has cracks running through it.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • He thrust the pipe bowl into the pocket of his shiny black jacket.
  • Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad
  • "I'll just make her," she vowed, gathering up her shiny new school-books.
  • Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
  • When a surface is very smooth, we say it is shiny or glossy.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

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