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sheenly

sheenly adverb: brightly.

Adverb

sheenly (comparative more sheenly, superlative most sheenly)

  1. (archaic, poetic) brightly
    • 1832?, William Motherwell, The Ritters Ride Home
      The bay glitters sheenly in sunlight, / No oar shivers now its clear mirror.
    • Shapes of brightness overlean thee, / With their diadems of youth / Striking on thy ringlets sheenly […]1840, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Child Asleep

Forms of sheenly

comparativemore sheenly
superlativemost sheenly

Origin of sheenly

From sheen + -ly.

Questions about sheenly

What does sheenly mean?
Sheenly means brightly.
What part of speech is sheenly?
Sheenly is an adverb.

Words near sheenly in the dictionary

  1. sheenies
  2. sheeniest
  3. sheening
  4. sheenless
  5. sheenlessness
  6. sheenly
  7. sheens
  8. sheeny
  9. sheep
  10. sheep crab
  11. sheep creep

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