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  • adverb In a shiny manner.

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Examples

  • Of the many chances Scotland bombed, the most shinily gilt-edged came shortly afterwards when Ross Rennie, a real handful throughout, broke past three English defenders and fatally hesitated before trying to pass to one of Mike Blair or Laidlaw, both clear outside him.

    Six Nations 2012: Andy Robinson statistics fail to ease Scotland agony 2012

  • As soon as the media saw themselves a shiny shiny shining thing shining shinily in New York City, they pounced!

    Quran Burning Story: This Is How The Media Embarrass Themselves 2010

  • It is sleekly, shinily wondrous, an object of polished chrome there to be fetishistically fascinating (not unlike the silver-plated, ivory-handled Colt. 45s and suchlike of the Western), but because of the sheer strangeness it is equally as unsettling, equally as creepy.

    Freeform Critique Hal Duncan 2008

  • It is sleekly, shinily wondrous, an object of polished chrome there to be fetishistically fascinating (not unlike the silver-plated, ivory-handled Colt. 45s and suchlike of the Western), but because of the sheer strangeness it is equally as unsettling, equally as creepy.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Hal Duncan 2008

  • As Clay Shirky writes quite shinily here, a series of lawsuits and circumstances cut off pretty much all other music distribution channels online.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Walter Jon Williams 2009

  • As Clay Shirky writes quite shinily here, a series of lawsuits and circumstances cut off pretty much all other music distribution channels online.

    The Future of Streaming Video Walter Jon Williams 2009

  • I hope you're having a day that's totally shinily and awesomely Fabuloso, starting a year that's even shinily and awesomely Moreso, with whipped cream, sparkles, and extra kittens!

    Because I Am Actually Unbelievably Shallow, I Enjoy Reading Celebrity Gossip bibliolicious 2009

  • The old mahogany chairs upholstered in hair cloth were shinily forbidding.

    Chicken Little Jane Lily Munsell Ritchie

  • His idea of a Prince of Mervo was something statuesquely aloof, something -- he could not express it exactly -- on the lines of the illustrations in the Zenda stories in the magazines -- about eight feet high and shinily magnificent, something that would give the place a tone.

    The Prince and Betty 1928

  • Oh yes, that was it, Vincent thought; the shinily varnished cheap furniture had almost disappeared, and the excellent proportions of the old rooms could be seen.

    The Brimming Cup Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

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