glassy

«glassy» in Mova's school dictionary: smooth, shiny and clear, like glass — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (glassy, glassier, glassiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Glassy means smooth, shiny and clear, like glass. tree →

2) Glassy eyes look blank and without expression, often because of tiredness, illness or being upset. tree →

sense in the lessons

In descriptive writing: a glassy lake, a glassy stare; in science, glassy rocks like obsidian; in stories, a character's glassy eyes show shock or sleepiness.

examples

• The lake was glassy and still in the morning. tree →
• Obsidian is a glassy black rock. tree →
• His eyes went glassy with tiredness. tree →
• The sea was glassy calm. tree →
• She stared at us with a glassy look. tree →
• He looked out upon the glassy sea. tree →

note

Comparatives: glassier, glassiest (y → i). Glassy water is calm with no waves.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «glassy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.