Glassy

//ˈɡlæsi// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A glass marble.

    "Then suddenly she ceased to hear, having caught sight of a glassie rolled into a corner."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.

    "a resin tabletop with a glassy polish"

  2. 2
    Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.; Lacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat. not-comparable

    "a fair day on a glassy sea"

  3. 3
    Including a lot of glass.
  4. 4
    Including a lot of glass.; Extensively glazed.

    "architecture enamored of glass and steel, where glassier meant classier"

  5. 5
    Dull; expressionless; lifeless.

    "the glassy eyes of a person in a trance"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of eyes) lacking liveliness wordnet
  2. 2
    (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it wordnet
  3. 3
    resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
emptysmoothblankbuffedburnishedclear

Example

More examples

"As far as the horizon you can see sailing boats gliding calmly and silently across the glassy surface of the lake."

Etymology

From Middle English glasy, equivalent to glass + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian glääsich (“glassy”), Dutch glazig (“glassy”), German Low German glasig (“glassy”), German glasig (“glassy”).

Related phrases

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