brassy
adjective
made of or covered with brass.
brassiness
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a word derived from
brassy.
Example Sentences
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Underlying all that is the fragile ego of a state whose outward brassiness is often a cover for an inferiority complex stoked by its glittering neighbor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Despite their brassiness, the gang was also deterred by small measures, authorities say.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
How boring the world would be if all the Beccas were shamed into hiding by people who think brassiness is just a failure of breeding and taste.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2018
Quick and clever dialogue, yes, and also a main character who’s quite taken by her own impish brassiness.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2017
Swinburne, on the other hand, can hardly find words strong enough to express his contempt for the "blare and brassiness" of Byron; but that also is an exaggeration.
From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by William Joseph Long
