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GLASSILY
Etymology
Adverb
glassily (comparative more glassily, superlative most glassily)
In a glassy manner
Source: Wiktionary
Glass"i*ly, adv.
Definition: So as to resemble glass.
GLASSY
Glass"y, a.
1. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. Bacon.
2. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep.
3. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes. "In his glassy eye." Byron. Glassy feldspar (Min.), a variety of orthoclase; sanidine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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