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glassy

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: glassy

1
adj
(used of eyes) lacking liveliness
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adj
resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: glassy
1

adj (used of eyes) lacking liveliness

“a glassy stare”
Synonyms:
glazed
empty
holding or containing nothing
2

adj resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness

“the glassy surface of the lake”
“"the pavement was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather”
Synonyms
smooth
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities

adj (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it

glassy porcelain”
Synonyms:
vitreous, vitrified
glazed, shiny
having a shiny surface or coating
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