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glassy

/ˈɡlɑːsi/US/ˈɡlæsi/

glassy adjective: of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.

glassy: of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective
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Adjective

glassy (comparative glassier, superlative glassiest)

  1. Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.
    • a resin tabletop with a glassy polish
    1. (not comparable) Lacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat.
      • a fair day on a glassy sea
      • It was blowing about 15 knots, which is considered fairly glassy for the west Coast.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer
  2. Including a lot of glass.
    1. Extensively glazed.
      • architecture enamored of glass and steel, where glassier meant classier
      • Every time there's a major technological outage, […] speculation quickly erupts blaming a possible cyberattack. […] mostly, the sentiment of cyber observers is that it's a bad idea to jump to conclusions, especially publicly. ¶ "If we keep crying wolf, then we lose the ability to educate and solve...2023 January 12, Tim Starks, with Aaron Schaffer, “Don't panic. It might not be a cyberattack. The Cybersecurity 202 newsletter.”, in Washington Post, retrieved 12 Jan 2023
  3. Dull; expressionless; lifeless.
    • the glassy eyes of a person in a trance

Noun

glassy (plural glassies)

  1. A glass marble.
    • Then suddenly she ceased to hear, having caught sight of a glassie rolled into a corner.1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 198

glassy meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam and Sanskrit

glassy in Urdu

شیشے جیسا, شیشے کا, زجاجی

glassy in Telugu

glassy, glassed
అద్దపు addapu

glassy in Malayalam

സ്ഫടികസമാനമായ, തെളിഞ്ഞ, കണ്ണാടിപോലുള്ള, മിനുസമായ

glassy in Sanskrit

glassy, made of glass
काचमय kācamaya
glassy, made of glass, glass-like
काचर kācara

Examples of glassy in a sentence

  • The Fleet at rest was a glassy ædifice, smooth and unscaleable.
  • An adder stone is a type of stone, usually glassy, with a naturally occurring hole through it.
  • A cellphone rang and he scrabbled for it with clumsy fingers, his eyes already a bit glassy.

All 22 example sentences with glassy

Forms of glassy

Adjective
comparativeglassier
superlativeglassiest
Noun
pluralglassies
alternative formglassie
alternative formglasser

Origin of glassy

From Middle English glasy, equivalent to glass + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian glääsich (“glassy”), Dutch glazig (“glassy”), German Low German glasig (“glassy”), German glasig (“glassy”).

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Questions about glassy

What does glassy mean?
Glassy means of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.
What is glassy in Urdu?
Glassy in Urdu is شیشے جیسا, شیشے کا, زجاجی. See Glassy meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is glassy?
Glassy can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce glassy?
Glassy is pronounced /ˈɡlɑːsi/ (UK).

Words near glassy in the dictionary

  1. glassworks
  2. glassworm
  3. glassworms
  4. glasswort
  5. glassworts
  6. glassy
  7. glassy carbon
  8. glassy feldspar
  9. glassy feldspars
  10. glassy-eyed
  11. glassychord

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: glassy (page history and authors); glassy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అద్దపు (Telugu) (page history and authors); glassy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); काचमय (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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