[
UK
/ʃˈaɪnɪnəs/
]
NOUN
- the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
How To Use shininess In A Sentence
- I was now transfixed in the shininess of the razor.
- That afternoon, my cousins and I were admiring its shininess and how cool it looks.
- I am like a magpie, seduced by all the shininess.
- Her tear filled eyes glazed over the shininess of the pipe, and then almost instantly, she screamed in rage and threw it down the tunnel.
- Brand-new flats, while solidly built and with good energy ratings, sell at a premium for all that shininess. Times, Sunday Times
- Qualities such as shininess, reflectivity and roughness are the responsibility of the look development artist. Times, Sunday Times
- Up close, Isobel could see moth holes, and ragged hems, and the stiff shininess that belied fabric long unworn and unhandled.
- Apparently, pigeons are freaked out by the shininess and stay away. Times, Sunday Times
- I remember this shininess now with a particular weight of irony.
- There's just something so special about a freshly opened conker - but then the shininess fades and thoughts turned to preparing it for combat.