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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

glossy
    adj 1: (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made
           smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers;
           "calendered paper"; "glossy paper" [syn: glossy,
           calendered]
    2: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the
       horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon
       like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining
       white enamel" [syn: glistening, glossy, lustrous,
       sheeny, shiny, shining]
    3: superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or
       expense; "a glossy TV series" [syn: glossy, showy]
    n 1: a magazine printed on good quality paper [syn: slick,
         slick magazine, glossy]
    2: a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Glossy \Gloss"y\ (gl[o^]s"[y^]), a. [Compar. Glossier
   (gl[o^]s"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Glossiest.] [See Gloss
   luster.]
   1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth
      surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a
      glossy surface.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Glossy:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, artificial, blowup, blueprint, bogus, buffed, burnished, contact printing, contrived, counterfeit, cyanotype, enlargement, false, feigned, finished, fraudulent, furbished, glace, glassy, glazed, gleaming, glistening, hologram, imitation, insincere, lacquered, lantern slide, lustrous, matte, meretricious, microcopy, microprint, photocopy, photogravure, photostatic copy, polished, positive, pretended, print, projection printing, pseudo, put-on, rubbed, satiny, semi-matte, sheeny, shellacked, shined, shining, shiny, silken, silky, simulated, sleek, slick, slide, smarmy, smooth, specious, transparency, unreal, varnished, velvety, waxed

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