shiny
bright or glossy in appearance.
filled with light, as by sunshine.
rubbed or worn to a glossy smoothness, as clothes.
Origin of shiny
1Other words for shiny
| 1, 2 | brilliant, shining, gleaming, glistening |
Other words from shiny
- shin·i·ly, adverb
- shin·i·ness, noun
- un·shin·y, adjective
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How to use shiny in a sentence
We agreed that our car had never looked handsomer and shinier since our first day of ownership.
The Car That Went Abroad | Albert Bigelow PaineThis softens the surface fibers, and they can then be rolled flatter and hence take a shinier surface.
From Paper-mill to Pressroom | William Bond WheelwrightThat is, Charley grew rosier, and George's smooth black skin grew shinier, which was the same thing—for him.
Harper's Young People, June 1, 1880 | VariousMany were bigger than mine, with newer and shinier things, but they did not seem to differ in kind.
Darkwater | W. E. B. Du BoisAt the end of the gully was a new Teal bug, shinier than the ancient lost chariot, but equally gay and uncomfortable.
Free Air | Sinclair Lewis
British Dictionary definitions for shiny
/ (ˈʃaɪnɪ) /
glossy or polished; bright
(of clothes or material) worn to a smooth and glossy state, as by continual rubbing
Derived forms of shiny
- shininess, noun
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