shinier; shiniest
1
: having a smooth glossy surface
shiny new shoes
2
a
: bright with the rays of the sun : sunshiny
b
: filled with light
3
: rubbed or worn smooth
4
: lustrous with natural secretions
a shiny nose
shininess
noun
Examples of shiny in a Sentence
we could see our reflections in the shiny surface of the marble walls
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Tens of millions of ash trees lost to the shiny, metallic green, half-inch insect in Michigan’s lower peninsula alone.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Officers tended to wave shiny new Packards through their checkpoints but halted sputtering early-model Fords pulling makeshift trailers and caked with half a continent’s dust.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025
Young talent is clearly in demand in the 2020s, but just how much have Premier League clubs shifted their recruitment towards attracting the shiny new wonderkids?
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 24 July 2025
While she was alarmed by shiny black leggings, slingback boots, and a jean jacket, I was equally stunned by her Pentecostal version of nurses’ scrubs; a powder blue, boxy dress with a matching jacket and headwrap.
—Essence, 24 July 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Officers tended to wave shiny new Packards through their checkpoints but halted sputtering early-model Fords pulling makeshift trailers and caked with half a continent’s dust.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025
Young talent is clearly in demand in the 2020s, but just how much have Premier League clubs shifted their recruitment towards attracting the shiny new wonderkids?
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 24 July 2025
While she was alarmed by shiny black leggings, slingback boots, and a jean jacket, I was equally stunned by her Pentecostal version of nurses’ scrubs; a powder blue, boxy dress with a matching jacket and headwrap.
—Essence, 24 July 2025
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“Shiny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shiny. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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