glary

¹ American  

[glair-ee] / ˈglɛər i /

adjective

glarier, glariest

1. harshly brilliant; glaring.

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glary ² American  

[glair-ee] / ˈglɛər i /

adjective

glarier, glariest

1. smooth and slippery, as ice.

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Other Word Forms

• glariness
  noun

Etymology

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.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2022

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.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2020

At one afternoon-long meeting of the chiefs of the 21 largest cities, says San Francisco Chief Thom as Cahill, "we never mentioned bur glary, robbery, organized crime or any thing else but riots."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Love's Usuries by Creswicke, Louis

Just imagine what the suffering will be, to go from this dry climate to the humidity of the South, and from cool, thick-walled adobe buildings to hot, glary tents in the midst of summer heat!

From Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 by Roe, Frances Marie Antoinette Mack