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GLASSY
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Irregular inflected forms: glassier , glassiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used of eyes) lacking liveliness
Example:
his eyes were glazed over with boredom
Synonyms:
glassy; glazed
Classified under:
Similar:
empty (holding or containing nothing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
Example:
hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
glazed; shiny (having a shiny surface or coating)
Domain category:
ceramics (the art of making and decorating pottery)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
Example:
the pavement was...glassy with water
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
smooth (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities)
Derivation:
glass (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure)
Context examples:
The waves rose in growing fury, each overtopping its fellow, till in a very few minutes the lately glassy sea was like a roaring and devouring monster.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
