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  1. adjective Radiating light; bright.
  2. adjective Bright from reflected light; glistening.
  3. adjective Having a sheen from being rubbed or worn smooth.

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  • He's tall, with shiny -- I mean, it glowed -- brown hair, with his bright white collar sticking out over his navy-blue crewneck. —  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  • Even after that there were thirty-two dead men who, after an examination, Grosvenor did not so much as attempt to revive. —  The Voyage of the Space Beagle
  • They look shiny, as if they were made of metal, or of diamonds. —  The Norby Chronicles
  • His face was huge, shiny, and pink, every feature distorted by Hermione's jinx. —  Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
  • A by-product of obsessively, constantly surfing the net to discover the bright and the shiny is a steady flow of promising new ideas.
 

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Etymologies (1)

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  1. Early modern English shinie; from shine + -y.
 

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/ˈʃaɪni/
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