glary

¹

[glair-ee]

adjective

glarier, glariest 

1. harshly brilliant; glaring. glare. glaring.

glary

²

[glair-ee]

adjective

glarier, glariest 

1. smooth and slippery, as ice.

Other Word Forms

• glariness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of glary¹

First recorded in 1625–35; glare ¹ + -y ¹

Origin of glary²

First recorded in 1560–70; glare ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

But for much of the play, the flash and fury of her performance, with its surface swagger and glary stares, too often feel like decoys.

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Both “Small Mouth Sounds” and “Make Believe,” which are as suggestive and shadowy as “Grand Horizons” is obvious and glary, were on recent Top 10 lists of mine.

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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.

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The neglected artichokes had shot, and their glary seed-balls rose as high as his chin like gigantic thistles.

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Oh, because—isn't it rather glary in the field?

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