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glassy


 
  Overview  of  adj  glassy 
 
  The  adj  glassy  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  glassy  --  (resembling  glass  in  smoothness  and  shininess  and  slickness;  "the  glassy  surface  of  the  lake";  "the  pavement  was...glassy  with  water"-  Willa  Cather) 
  2.  (1)  glassy,  glazed  --  (used  of  eyes  lacking  liveliness;  "empty  eyes";  "a  glassy  stare";  "his  eyes  were  glazed  over  with  boredom") 
  3.  glassy,  vitreous,  vitrified  --  ((of  ceramics)  having  the  surface  made  shiny  and  nonporous  by  fusing  a  vitreous  solution  to  it  "glazed  pottery";  "glassy  porcelain";  "hard  vitreous  china  used  for  plumbing  fixtures") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  glassy 
 
  3  senses  of  glassy 
 
  Sense  1 
  glassy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  smooth)  ->  rough,  unsmooth 
 
  Sense  2 
  glassy,  glazed 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  empty)  ->  full 
 
  Sense  3 
  glassy,  vitreous,  vitrified 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  glazed)  ->  unglazed 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  glassy 
 
  3  senses  of  glassy 
 
  Sense  1 
  glassy 
  =>  smooth  (vs.  rough) 
 
  Sense  2 
  glassy,  glazed 
  =>  empty  (vs.  full) 
 
  Sense  3 
  glassy,  vitreous,  vitrified 
  =>  glazed  (vs.  unglazed),  shiny 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  glassy 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  glassy 
 
  glassy  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  glassy 
  glassy 
 
  Overview  of  adj  glassy 
 
  The  adj  glassy  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  glassy  --  (resembling  glass  in  smoothness  and  shininess  and  slickness;  "the  glassy  surface  of  the  lake";  "the  pavement  was...glassy  with  water"-  Willa  Cather) 
  2.  (1)  glassy,  glazed  --  (used  of  eyes  lacking  liveliness;  "empty  eyes";  "a  glassy  stare";  "his  eyes  were  glazed  over  with  boredom") 
  3.  glassy,  vitreous,  vitrified  --  ((of  ceramics)  having  the  surface  made  shiny  and  nonporous  by  fusing  a  vitreous  solution  to  it  "glazed  pottery";  "glassy  porcelain";  "hard  vitreous  china  used  for  plumbing  fixtures") 



glassy definition