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  • adjective Not glossy.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ glossy

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Examples

  • Bibliophile Bullpen: Dear Bibliobull - unglossy surface skip to main | skip to sidebar

    Dear Bibliobull - unglossy surface 2009

  • Usually only a white unglossy border can be carefully abraded, perhaps an eraser with embedded grit or a sanding sponge etc ...

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • Usually only a white unglossy border can be carefully abraded, perhaps an eraser with embedded grit or a sanding sponge etc ...

    Dear Bibliobull - Dirty cards 2008

  • I should rather like to see some patterns of unglossy — well,

    Vailima Letters 2005

  • His suit — ah! — she knew that — but how unpressed, unglossy!

    In Chancery 2004

  • Her features are clear cut and delicate, but marked by unmistakable strength of character; her hair is an unglossy black, and her complexion darker than one would expect in a woman of Dutch extraction ....

    The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez 1895

  • The look is the same unglossy, documentary ordinariness emphasizing grittiness and age.

    Home Theater Forum 2010

  • The look is the same unglossy, documentary ordinariness emphasizing grittiness and age.

    Home Theater Forum 2009

  • It melds nonelectric instruments with unglossy riffing, and even a little Neil Young-ish pregrunge on “Heaven’s Trail No Way Out.”

    Chuck Klosterman on Rock Chuck Klosterman 2010

  • Even though I was an impolitic and unglossy as a candidate, it just doesn't explain the senseless votes of those who voted on Election Day against Kennedy and for Kline. "

    The Day the Coleen Rowley Campaign Faced the Advertising on the Wall 2006

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