Glassy
adjective
Looks like glass or is similar to it, often because it is very clear, bright, or smooth.
The lake was still and glassy in the early morning.
Often appears as...
- glassy eyes
- glassy surface
adjective
Not showing or not feeling any emotion.
He stared at me with glassy eyes, not reacting to anything I was saying.
Often appears as...
- glassy stare
- glassy look
adjective
Refers to something that is hard, brittle and may be transparent or translucent, like glass.
The rock has a glassy texture due to rapid cooling of the magma.
Often appears as...
- glassy texture
- glassy lava
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Technical
adjective
Looks like glass or is similar to it, often because it is very clear, bright, or smooth.
The lake was still and glassy in the early morning.
Often appears as...
- glassy eyes
- glassy surface
adjective
Not showing or not feeling any emotion.
He stared at me with glassy eyes, not reacting to anything I was saying.
Often appears as...
- glassy stare
- glassy look
adjective
Refers to something that is hard, brittle and may be transparent or translucent, like glass.
The rock has a glassy texture due to rapid cooling of the magma.
Often appears as...
- glassy texture
- glassy lava
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Clarity
The term suggests extreme clarity, often used to describe smooth, reflective surfaces.
After cleaning, the windows were glassy and spotless.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Beauty
Describes calm and serene natural settings, imparting a peaceful quality.
The glassy pond mirrored the autumn leaves.
Pro Tip 3/3Bright and Lustrous
Often used to illustrate something with a shiny, light-reflecting surface.
The artist captured the glassy shine of the dew.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Clarity
The term suggests extreme clarity, often used to describe smooth, reflective surfaces.
After cleaning, the windows were glassy and spotless.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Beauty
Describes calm and serene natural settings, imparting a peaceful quality.
The glassy pond mirrored the autumn leaves.
Pro Tip 3/3Bright and Lustrous
Often used to illustrate something with a shiny, light-reflecting surface.
The artist captured the glassy shine of the dew.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Clarity
The term suggests extreme clarity, often used to describe smooth, reflective surfaces.
After cleaning, the windows were glassy and spotless.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Beauty
Describes calm and serene natural settings, imparting a peaceful quality.
The glassy pond mirrored the autumn leaves.
Pro Tip 3/3Bright and Lustrous
Often used to illustrate something with a shiny, light-reflecting surface.
The artist captured the glassy shine of the dew.
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Earth's mass extinction...
and not just iridium is filled with glassy cereals and has filled the quartz grains that have been subjected to enormous pressure shock quartz now in this life the white is chalk and this chalk was deposited in a warm ocean the chalk itself is composed by plankton which has fallen down from the sea
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Why is ketchup so hard...
Way number if you push with a force below the threshold force eventually, the ketchup will start to flow. In this case, time, not force, is the key to releasing ketchup from its glassy prison. Alright, so, why does ketchup act all weird? Well, it's made from tomatoes, pulverized, smashed, thrashed,
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Earth's mass extinctions...
How long did it take to go from one system to the next? And what they found was something unexpected. They found in this gap, in between, a very thin clay layer, and that clay layer -- this very thin red layer here -- is filled with iridium. And not just iridium; it's filled with glassy spherules,
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
icy world it was quite phenomenal and the water can be super glassy and the life around and you're seeing uh you know these these groups of penguins you know heading out to fish in the morning it was so exciting to be there we've been out down there about a week maybe eight days we were
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Killer Whales Working...
peninsula past all these icebergs and really entering into this icy world it was quite phenomenal and the water can be super glassy and the life around and you're seeing uh you know these these groups of penguins you know heading out to fish in the morning it was so exciting to be there
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Drawings that show the...
as ice or water. Instead, the image is stripped down to its most basic form of color and shape. Once the piece is complete, I can finally experience the composition as a whole, as an iceberg floating through glassy water,
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Diana Nyad: Extreme...
and, oh my God, it was glassy. And we knew it, all 50 people on the boat, we all knew this was it, this was our time. And I reminded myself a couple hours in, you know, the sport is sort of a microcosm of life itself.
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The myth of Narcissus...
So, Nemesis set Narcissus towards a clear, glassy pool. As he bent towards the water to drink, he caught sight of a hauntingly beautiful young man. Never before had Narcissus seen himself with such clarity.
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Shark Battleground: The...
bodega bay on that day the weather is calm the water glassy and the waves cresting at 10 feet we just hide down the beach because we saw three of our friends our out in the
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Infrared Footage of...
filming them here requires an infrared camera and lights invisible to the baboon's the Wolves of the balloon Parliament have been worn glassy smooth
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Earth's mass extinction...
and not just iridium is filled with glassy cereals and has filled the quartz grains that have been subjected to enormous pressure shock quartz now in this life the white is chalk and this chalk was deposited in a warm ocean the chalk itself is composed by plankton which has fallen down from the sea
Video examples
Why is ketchup so hard...
Way number if you push with a force below the threshold force eventually, the ketchup will start to flow. In this case, time, not force, is the key to releasing ketchup from its glassy prison. Alright, so, why does ketchup act all weird? Well, it's made from tomatoes, pulverized, smashed, thrashed,
Video examples
Earth's mass extinctions...
How long did it take to go from one system to the next? And what they found was something unexpected. They found in this gap, in between, a very thin clay layer, and that clay layer -- this very thin red layer here -- is filled with iridium. And not just iridium; it's filled with glassy spherules,
Video examples
ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
icy world it was quite phenomenal and the water can be super glassy and the life around and you're seeing uh you know these these groups of penguins you know heading out to fish in the morning it was so exciting to be there we've been out down there about a week maybe eight days we were
Video examples
Killer Whales Working...
peninsula past all these icebergs and really entering into this icy world it was quite phenomenal and the water can be super glassy and the life around and you're seeing uh you know these these groups of penguins you know heading out to fish in the morning it was so exciting to be there
Video examples
Drawings that show the...
as ice or water. Instead, the image is stripped down to its most basic form of color and shape. Once the piece is complete, I can finally experience the composition as a whole, as an iceberg floating through glassy water,
Video examples
Diana Nyad: Extreme...
and, oh my God, it was glassy. And we knew it, all 50 people on the boat, we all knew this was it, this was our time. And I reminded myself a couple hours in, you know, the sport is sort of a microcosm of life itself.
Video examples
The myth of Narcissus...
So, Nemesis set Narcissus towards a clear, glassy pool. As he bent towards the water to drink, he caught sight of a hauntingly beautiful young man. Never before had Narcissus seen himself with such clarity.
Video examples
Shark Battleground: The...
bodega bay on that day the weather is calm the water glassy and the waves cresting at 10 feet we just hide down the beach because we saw three of our friends our out in the
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Infrared Footage of...
filming them here requires an infrared camera and lights invisible to the baboon's the Wolves of the balloon Parliament have been worn glassy smooth
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Gary Zukav
American Author
The coming and going of the seasons give us more than the springtimes, summers, autumns, and winters of our lives. It reflects the coming and going of the circumstances of our lives like the glassy surface of a pond that shows our faces radiant with joy or contorted with pain.
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Craig Brown
English Critic
It is hard being a football loather, a football unfan. I sometimes feel as lonely as the sole survivor in the last reel of a Zombie film, as, one by one, old friends reveal themselves, with their glassy stares and outstretched arms, to have succumbed to the lure.
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Gary Zukav
American Author
The coming and going of the seasons give us more than the springtimes, summers, autumns, and winters of our lives. It reflects the coming and going of the circumstances of our lives like the glassy surface of a pond that shows our faces radiant with joy or contorted with pain.
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Craig Brown
English Critic
It is hard being a football loather, a football unfan. I sometimes feel as lonely as the sole survivor in the last reel of a Zombie film, as, one by one, old friends reveal themselves, with their glassy stares and outstretched arms, to have succumbed to the lure.
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