glassy

comparative glassier · superlative glassiest

1. Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.

   a resin tabletop with a glassy polish

   1. not comparablehobbiesLacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat.

      a fair day on a glassy sea

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      It was blowing about 15 knots, which is considered fairly glassy for the west Coast.

      1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer

2. Including a lot of glass.
   1. Extensively glazed.

      architecture enamored of glass and steel, where glassier meant classier

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      Every time there's a major technological outage, […] speculation quickly erupts blaming a possible cyberattack. […] mostly, the sentiment of cyber observers is that it's a bad idea to jump to conclusions, especially publicly. ¶ "If we keep crying wolf, then we lose the ability to educate and solve real problems," Bryson Bort, founder of the cybersecurity company Scythe, told me. "We live in the glassiest house in the world with our reliance on information systems."

      2023 January 12, Tim Starks, with Aaron Schaffer, “Don't panic. It might not be a cyberattack. The Cybersecurity 202 newsletter.”, in Washington Post, retrieved 12 Jan 2023

3. Dull; expressionless; lifeless.

   the glassy eyes of a person in a trance

plural glassies · alternative glassie · alternative glasser

1. A glass marble.

   Then suddenly she ceased to hear, having caught sight of a glassie rolled into a corner.

   1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 198