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shinier

shinier is the comparative form of shiny.

Meaning of shiny

Adjective

shiny (comparative shinier or more shiny, superlative shiniest or most shiny)

  1. Reflecting light.
    • He was wearing a new, fawn-coloured summer suit and a new straw hat—his trousers the creasiest and his shoes the shiniest. Yet he seemed not to be taking the usual infantile satisfaction in a very smart, correct costume.1920, Will Payne, The Scarred Chin, page 130
    Antonyms:
    dull, flat, matte
  2. Emitting light.
    Antonyms:
    dark
  3. (colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
    • We're shiny, Okay?2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 132
  4. (obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
    • Like distant thunder on a shiny day.1665, John Dryden, Verses to her Royal Highness the Duchess [of York]

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Questions about shinier

What is shinier the comparative form of?
Shinier is the comparative form of shiny.

Words near shinier in the dictionary

  1. Shinholster
  2. Shinholsters
  3. shinhopple
  4. shinhopples
  5. shini-tai
  6. shinier
  7. shinies
  8. shiniest
  9. shinigami
  10. shinily
  11. shinin'

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