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Definition of Glossier
1. glossy [adj] - See also: glossy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glossier
Literary usage of Glossier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Art Out-of-doors: Hints on Good Taste in Gardening by Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1893)
"Even the difference in substance between the foliage of the American and the
European beech—the latter being somewhat stiffer and much glossier— makes a ..."
2. Art Out-of-doors: Hints on Good Taste in Gardening by Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1893)
"Even the difference in substance between the foliage of the American and the
European beech—the latter being somewhat stiffer and much glossier— ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Also the coat had a richer, glossier look than the mother's. The other one of
the offspring was generally agouti above and ashy below, but the hairs of the ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1883)
"Even the euphorbias are handsomer and glossier in this more favoured region, and
have lost that dingy colour and distorted form which characterise them on ..."
5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"More tender than the preceding, with handsomer, glossier foliage. Var. yunnanensis,
Vilm. More vigorous: spines to 2 in. long: Ivs. 2-3 in. long, ..."
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