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shineful

shineful adjective: full of shine or shininess; gleaming, radiant.

Adjective

shineful (comparative more shineful, superlative most shineful)

  1. Full of shine or shininess; gleaming, radiant.
    • For when our Lord at land found need, The nag he rode, the shineful steed.1827, Alexander Seton, Poems, Upon Various Subjects and on Various Occasions, page 15
    • Thought and sorrow were written all over to do all winter but lie back in the chimney him, from the crown of his once shineful dicer corner and drink cider and tell lies about the even unto the soles of his pegged-out shoes.1883, Puck, volume 14, page 268

Examples of shineful in a sentence

  • […] the sun came, shineful through the window, flecking the room with rich spots of colour; […]1974, Petr Lukich Proskurin, The Taiga and Other Stories, page 225:
  • In glass as shineful as eternal night I hold you, Kathleen, as the countless stars; […]2013, Brian David Scates, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, page 138:

Synonyms of shineful

Forms of shineful

comparativemore shineful
superlativemost shineful

Origin of shineful

From shine + -ful.

Questions about shineful

What does shineful mean?
Shineful means full of shine or shininess; gleaming, radiant.
How do you use shineful in a sentence?
[…] the sun came, shineful through the window, flecking the room with rich spots of colour; […]
What part of speech is shineful?
Shineful is an adjective.

Words near shineful in the dictionary

  1. shined off
  2. shined on
  3. shined through
  4. shined up
  5. shinedst
  6. shineful
  7. shineless
  8. shiner
  9. shiners
  10. shines
  11. shines a light on

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