shiny

[ shahy-nee ]

/ ˈʃaɪ ni /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR shiny

1, 2 brilliant, shining, gleaming, glistening.

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Origin of shiny

First recorded in 1580–90; shine¹ + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM shiny

shin·i·ly, adverbshin·i·ness, nounun·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 Paine
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
That 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|Various
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

At 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

shiny

/ (ˈʃaɪnɪ) /

adjective shinier or shiniest

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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