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[ shahy-nee ] / ˈʃaɪ ni / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shiny ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, shin·i·er, shin·i·est.bright or glossy in appearance. filled with light, as by sunshine. rubbed or worn to a glossy smoothness, as clothes. Origin of shinyFirst recorded in1580–90; shine1 + -y1 SYNONYMS FOR shiny1, 2 brilliant, shining, glistening, gleaming. SEE SYNONYMS FOR shiny ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM shinyshin·i·ly, adverbshin·i·ness, nounun·shin·y, adjectiveWords nearby shinyshinny, shinplaster, shin splints, Shinto, shinty, shiny, ship, ship biscuit, shipboard, shipborne, shipboy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shinyWhile searching for primate fossils in northern India, paleontologist Christopher Gilbert noticed something small and shiny poking out of the dirt. A stray molar is the oldest known fossil from an ancient gibbon|Bruce Bower|September 8, 2020|Science News The shiny yellow stuff hasn’t been a great bet over the past 30 days. These investments powered a record-setting month of stock market gains|Bernhard Warner|September 1, 2020|Fortune Curiosity is restive, always threatening to chase the next shiny object that pops into view. The business advice Socrates would give if he wrote a management book today|jakemeth|August 25, 2020|Fortune The city didn’t do a very good job vetting the purchase of this tall building Sempra had evacuated for its new shiny one by the ballpark. Politics Report: Mara Elliott, Plumber|Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts|August 1, 2020|Voice of San Diego
San Diego has a storied past with shiny renderings of all shapes and sizes, stadiums and arenas and professional sports. Results, Not Renderings, Are What Matters for Sports Arena Property|Jason Riggs|July 15, 2020|Voice of San Diego But beneath all the shiny esteem, the 25-year-old Wright led a seedy double life. The Navy ‘Hero’ Who Pimped an HIV-Positive Teen|M.L. Nestel|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Poking out of the shiny gold pages is a “distinctive silk marker”—also gold—which “complements the color of the leather.” Rand Paul’s Many Leather-Bound Books|Olivia Nuzzi|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST On the GOP side, everybody wanted their own shiny Super PAC. Speed Read: Kenneth Vogel’s ‘Big Money’ Shows How PACs Control Politics|William O’Connor|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST NYC Prep worked by shoving real-life rich kids into the shiny shells of reality television stars. The Surreal Genius of Bravo’s Rich Kids Docudrama ‘NYC Prep’|Amy Zimmerman|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST On the way, we found ourselves wedged in traffic between a couple of Mercedes Benzes and a shiny new Jaguar. A Woman Blogger’s Scoop Helped Save Tunisia From Islamists|Thomas A. Bass|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was a line o' them green, shiny, greasy-lookin' perpetuated palms across each corner. To Him That Hath|Leroy Scott Someone was coming toward him, with shiny red eye-stalks waving in greeting. Captives of the Flame|Samuel R. Delany His back, sheathed in a shiny brown leather cuirass, was turned toward Daoud. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel|Robert Shea From his mouth started the two limp folds which passed his shiny chin and disappeared in the collar of his military coat. The Song of Songs|Hermann Sudermann The upper surface of the leaf in some species is smooth, glossy and shiny and in others is rough and dull. Manual of American Grape-Growing|U. P. Hedrick
British Dictionary definitions for shiny
adjective shinier or shiniestglossy or polished; bright (of clothes or material) worn to a smooth and glossy state, as by continual rubbing Derived forms of shinyshininess, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to shinypolished, slick, sparkling, gleaming, glossy, lustrous, clear, satiny, sunny, agleam, burnished, sheeny |