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sheenier

sheenier is the comparative form of sheeny.

Meaning of sheeny

Adjective

sheeny (comparative sheenier, superlative sheeniest)

  1. Having a sheen; glossy.
  2. Bright; radiant; shining.
    • And many a sheeny summer-morn, / Adown the Tigris I was borne, / By Bagdat's shrines of fretted gold, / High-walled gardens green and old; […]1830 June, Alfred Tennyson, “Recollections of the Arabian Nights”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, part I, page 22

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Questions about sheenier

What is sheenier the comparative form of?
Sheenier is the comparative form of sheeny.

Words near sheenier in the dictionary

  1. sheenest
  2. sheeney
  3. sheeneys
  4. sheenful
  5. sheenie
  6. sheenier
  7. sheenies
  8. sheeniest
  9. sheening
  10. sheenless
  11. sheenlessness

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