glary

[ glair-ee ]

/ ˈglɛər i /

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adjective, glar·i·er, glar·i·est.

harshly brilliant; glaring.

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Origin of glary

First recorded in 1625–35; glare¹ + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM glary

glar·i·ness, noun

Words nearby glary

Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, glare, glare ice, glaring, Glarus, glary, Glaser, glaserian fissure, Glasgow, Glasgow Coma Scale, Glashow

Other definitions for glary (2 of 2)

glary²

[ glair-ee ]

/ ˈglɛər i /

adjective, glar·i·er, glar·i·est.

smooth and slippery, as ice.

Origin of glary

First recorded in 1560–70; glare² + -y¹

How to use glary in a sentence

The same glary, unpleasant light beat down from the same impossible sky.
Shock Treatment|Stanley Mullen
It was July—a hot glary day, but a steady wind blew cool and sweet from the southwest, bringing in all sorts of woodland odors.
Hoosier Mosaics|Maurice Thompson
The frozen expanse stretched steel-white, glary and glistening, a solid sheet of ice.
The Rainy Day Railroad War|Holman Day
Against that green the red of Brinnaria's gown showed strident and glary, for Brinnaria was sitting on his lap.
The Unwilling Vestal|Edward Lucas White

Look out of that window; it's a bit glary with the sun full on, but do you see those rows of stakes the nets are made fast on?
A Master of Fortune|Cutcliffe Hyne