shiny

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective reflecting light
adjective having a shiny surface or coating
adjective made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

From shine + -y (adjectival suffix).

Miss T. They're beautifully shiny. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
And he wiped his shiny forehead. — The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
The walls were of a shiny green material. — Red Nails, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard

glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shining

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