glossily
- adverb
- /ˈɡlɑːsɪli/
:
brillantemente
- The magazine's cover gleamed glossily, catching the attention of everyone in the store.
Examples
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His shoes shone like mirrors, and his hair, glossily black, was trimmed under a snappy gray fedora.
Fiction book (1995) -
Chang also records, "her makeup was understated, except for the glossily rouged arcs of her lips" (Chang 3).
Academic text (2009) -
He kept smiling, and yes, at this point in life, his was a very glossily bald noggin, probably not much different from that 100-watt bulb he had us envisioning.
Fiction book (2000) -
Her hair was styled glossily, shining brightly under the stage lights during the performance.
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The newly waxed car looked glossily polished after a visit to the detailing shop.
Synonyms
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5.1
In a smooth, shiny, graceful way
In a way that shines and seems very impressive
How Shiny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Glossily comes from the everyday word gloss, which means 'shine' or 'a smooth, shiny surface', plus the ending -ly that makes it an adverb. So to do something glossily is to do it in a shiny, smooth way, like the cover of a glossy magazine.