reflective
- adjective
- /rɪˈflɛktɪv/
- A stocky man in a police uniform and reflective sunglasses was waiting in the airport lobby.
- reflective markers
- highly reflective
- reflective surfaces
It's going on there, but it's not really that reflective, right?
- It's going on there, but it's not really that reflective, right?
- That would be nice and reflective for projector.
- So what is the best anti reflective coating for your glasses?
- But what is another big reflective surface?
Examples
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Can I ask you something about this reflective surface?
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It's important that ice and snow is highly reflective of sunlight.
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It's going on there, but it's not really that reflective, right?
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It's least reflective material that we know of to date.
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But I just want to show you like just how reflective this product is.
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And its surface was much more reflective than a typical steel hull.
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Commander, the beam is hitting some sort of reflective device.
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Sea foam dried in a reflective green pattern across the flat part of the beach.
Fiction book (1999) -
The sun comes up, driving sparrows before it, turning the corporate reflective windows wild with orange.
Fiction book (1993) -
The mirror is especially reflective, allowing it to bounce light around the room.
Synonyms
Having a smooth shiny surface that reflects light like paper or hair
A shiny surface that reflects light like a mirror
A shiny surface or device that sends back light
A smooth shiny surface that shows a clear picture of things
Antonyms
Compounds
How Reflective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reflective comes from the parts re- 'back' and flect 'to bend'. That's why a reflective surface, like a mirror or a shiny road sign, sends light or sound back to you.