Sekirov Dictionary

glossy

UK /ˈɡlɒsi/US /ˈɡlɔsi/

noun 3
adjective 2
forms 3

noun3

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(UK, informal) A glossy magazine.
- The supermarket glossies are full of celebrity gossip and fad diets.
•
(informal) A glossy photograph.
- Black and white 8- × 10-inch glossies are best, but 5- × 7-inch is okay too. Place photos on top of cardboard when mailing. Don't tape or paper-clip because doing so can ruin the photo. — 2013
•
(informal) A film depicting people with glamorous lifestyles.
- […] the first home-made guide to TV films by which is meant old films shown on the box, not those new Hollywood glossies made specially for it (though a guide there too would soon be welcome). — 1973

adjective2

Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
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(figurative) Attention-grabbing and superficially attractive.
- The trendy rehabs being pimped by the addiction industry's glossy PR. — 1990

forms

glossies · glossier · glossiest

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