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shiny

[shahy-nee]
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adjective, shin·i·er, shin·i·est.

bright or glossy in appearance.
filled with light, as by sunshine.
rubbed or worn to a glossy smoothness, as clothes.

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RELATED WORDS

polished, slick, sparkling, gleaming, glossy, lustrous, clear, satiny, sunny, agleam, burnished, sheeny

Nearby words

  1. shinny,
  2. shinola,
  3. shinplaster,
  4. shinto,
  5. shinty,
  6. ship,
  7. ship biscuit,
  8. ship canal,
  9. ship chandler,
  10. ship decanter

Origin of shiny

First recorded in 1580–90; shine1 + -y1
SYNONYMS FOR shiny
1, 2. brilliant, shining, glistening, gleaming.
Related formsshin·i·ly, adverbshin·i·ness, nounun·shin·y, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for shinier

  • We agreed that our car had never looked handsomer and shinier since our first day of ownership.

    The Car That Went Abroad|Albert Bigelow Paine

  • Many were bigger than mine, with newer and shinier things, but they did not seem to differ in kind.

    Darkwater|W. E. B. Du Bois

  • This softens the surface fibers, and they can then be rolled flatter and hence take a shinier surface.

    From Paper-mill to Pressroom|William Bond Wheelwright

  • The second cube came back unchanged, except that it was newer, shinier.

    Hall of Mirrors|Fredric Brown
British Dictionary definitions for shinier

shiny

adjective shinier or shiniest

glossy or polished; bright
(of clothes or material) worn to a smooth and glossy state, as by continual rubbing
Derived Formsshininess, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for shinier

shiny

adj.

1580s, from shine (n.) + -y (2). As a noun meaning "a shiny object" (also "money") from 1856. Related: Shininess.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper