glossy

Her hair had all the warmth and glossiness of that of a healthy girl of eighteen.
Materialized Apparitions|Edward Augustus Brackett
It not only serves to maintain flesh, but it is favorable to glossiness in the coat.
Clovers and How to Grow Them|Thomas Shaw
The cut of his coat, the glossiness of his hat and boots, too, were all strikingly reminiscent of the dead man.
The Avenger|E. Phillips Oppenheim
The skin was clean and shone with the glossiness of much soap.
Tess of the Storm Country|Grace Miller White

Frequently there is slight edema of the ankles associated with a glossiness of the extensor surfaces of the legs.
Scurvy Past and Present|Alfred Fabian Hess

British Dictionary definitions for glossiness

glossy

/ (ˈɡlɒsɪ) /

adjective glossier or glossiest

smooth and shiny; lustrous

superficially attractive; plausible

(of a magazine) lavishly produced on shiny paper and usually with many colour photographs

noun plural glossies

Also called (US): slick an expensively produced magazine, typically a sophisticated fashion or glamour magazine, printed on shiny paper and containing high quality colour photographyCompare pulp (def. 3)

a photograph printed on paper that has a smooth shiny surface

Derived Forms

glossily, adverbglossiness, noun

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