sheeny
1 Americanadjective
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sheeny1
First recorded in 1615–25; sheen + -y 1
Origin of sheeny2
First recorded in 1810–20; origin obscure
Example Sentences
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Its pink-and-green neon parrot sign lit the way to some of the most satisfying chili cheese fries I’ve ever eaten: crinkle-cut potatoes, sheeny Velveeta-yellow cheese sauce, chili ladled from a mini-crockpot in the back.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2025
So: The sharp, sheeny person doing step-and-repeats at the Tonys?
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
The brand, whose sheeny razzmatazz attracted stars including Brigitte Bardot and Sophia Loren in its 60s and 70s heyday, seemed to have found in Theyskens the right ambassador.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2022
Monochrome nickel gave a beautiful sheeny quality to a loosely tailored double-breasted coat — evoking the era of pre-War cinema.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2022
Charlie, you will understand, was the dog’s name, a small black and tan, with a coat as dark as a raven’s wing, and as soft and sheeny as satin.
From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Stables, Gordon
It was triumph and victory and paean in action to go flashing along over this footing, smoother than polished marble and sheenier than first-water gems.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 by Various
In due time Sophia was delivered of a child, which the midwives examined and found to be a girl with a face sheenier than the moon.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
O thou sheeniest Sun who m night dost shine, viii.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
O thou sheeniest Sun who in night dost shine!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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