GLASSY as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • used of eyes lacking liveliness
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • empty eyes
    • a glassy stare
    • his eyes were glazed over with boredom
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  2. Meaning
    • (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • glazed pottery
    • glassy porcelain
    • hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures
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  3. Meaning
    • resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
    Usage Example(s)
    • the glassy surface of the lake
    • the pavement was…glassy with water- Willa Cather
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