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- adjective
superlative form ofsheeny : mostsheeny .
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Examples
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Al – Fazl had a son like the full moon when sheeniest dight, with face radiant in light, cheeks ruddy bright, and a mole like a dot of ambergris on a downy site; as said of him the poet and said full right,
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The house with brightest, sheeniest light illumining:
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O thou sheeniest Sun who m night dost shine, viii.
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And clad in mail of dusky curls that show the sheeniest shine,
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O thou sheeniest Sun who m night dost shine, viii.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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And clad in mail of dusky curls that show the sheeniest shine,
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Now the Wazir Al-Fazl had a son like the full moon when sheeniest dight, with face radiant in light, cheeks ruddy bright, and a mole like a dot of ambergris on a downy site; as said of him the poet and said full right,
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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That fairest of blossoms she blooms on earth * Than gardens the sheeniest sheenier she:
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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She riseth in her ewer during darkest night * The house with brightest, sheeniest light illumining:
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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In such condition he abode a while of time until one fine spring-night, about the middle of the month when the moon was shining sheeniest, he sat down to bespeak himself and said, "Ho,
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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