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.

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  • noun The state of being glassy.

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Examples

  • "Yes," said Miss Slayback, her insouciance gaining with his discomposure, her eyes widening and then a dolly kind of glassiness seeming to set in.

    Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day Various

  • 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

  • A principal objection appears to be its costly glassiness.

    Will no one halt the vandalising of London's skyline? | Catherine Bennett 2011

  • A principal objection appears to be its costly glassiness.

    Will no one halt the vandalising of London's skyline? | Catherine Bennett 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • Their eyes shine with an ecstatic glassiness that concerns me.

    Tom Gliatto: Yes, I Am Still Mad at LOST Tom Gliatto 2010

  • Their eyes shine with an ecstatic glassiness that concerns me.

    Tom Gliatto: Yes, I Am Still Mad at LOST 2010

  • 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

  • No one has ever remarked upon the glassiness of her eyes.

    Imaginary People Fathorse 2009

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