Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being glassy; a vitreous appearance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being glassy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
glassy .
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Examples
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"Yes," said Miss Slayback, her insouciance gaining with his discomposure, her eyes widening and then a dolly kind of glassiness seeming to set in.
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I've seen what Mr Danton calls the "glassiness" come into his face, and an expression so wild and so appallingly depraved, as it were, that I have had to hurry downstairs to hide myself from the thought.
The Return Walter De la Mare 1914
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A principal objection appears to be its costly glassiness.
Will no one halt the vandalising of London's skyline? | Catherine Bennett 2011
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A principal objection appears to be its costly glassiness.
Will no one halt the vandalising of London's skyline? | Catherine Bennett 2011
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If this were an HTA situation, I might expect to see some turquoise glassiness that mimics a natural mineral if, say, a jet plane burned up on a concrete runway.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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If this were an HTA situation, I might expect to see some turquoise glassiness that mimics a natural mineral if, say, a jet plane burned up on a concrete runway.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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Their eyes shine with an ecstatic glassiness that concerns me.
Tom Gliatto: Yes, I Am Still Mad at LOST Tom Gliatto 2010
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Their eyes shine with an ecstatic glassiness that concerns me.
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If this were an HTA situation, I might expect to see some turquoise glassiness that mimics a natural mineral if, say, a jet plane burned up on a concrete runway.
Sparks Laura Bickle 2010
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No one has ever remarked upon the glassiness of her eyes.
Imaginary People Fathorse 2009
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