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glassy::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | glass |
the glassy surface of the lake.
the pavement was...glassy with water.
Examples of glassy
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The five-floor Ann Taylor flagship on Madison Avenue is high, glassy and bright.
From the post-gazette.com
Using sharp, clean secateurs, cut back until you reach firmer, non-glassy parts.
From the guardian.co.uk
The sea is windless, the waves glassy, the air and water both almost powder blue.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
We take a cable car up a mountain and look down on the glassy, dark blue expanse.
From the guardian.co.uk
Chondrules are glassy particles that experienced flash-melting and rapid cooling.
From the sciencedaily.com
The waitress smiles at his witticisms, but her eyes are as glassy as a heron's.
From the nytimes.com
A glassy residue of smelting, slag can make rivets brittle and prone to fracture.
From the stltoday.com
Court papers alleged he had glassy eyes and the smell of alcohol on his breath.
From the timesunion.com
Listless, exhausted, glassy-eyed, Don exhibits all the symptoms of donor fatigue.
From the scienceblogs.com
- Resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness; "the glassy surface of the lake"; "the pavement was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather
- (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom"
- (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it; "glazed pottery"; "glassy porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures"
- Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline) material. Glasses are typically brittle, and often optically transparent. ...
- Of or like glass, in particular smooth and (somewhat) reflective; Dull, expressionless; Absence of any chop on the water, making it smooth like glass. Swell creating breaking waves may still be present, glassy doesn't imply complete flatness
- Waves that are so smooth, they resemble glass. Requires an absence of wind.
- When the texture of the ocean is like glass because there is no wind.
- Conditions where there is no wind and the water surface becomes so smooth it resembles glass. We like this!
- Smooth waves caused by little or no wind
