sheenly

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adverb

brightly

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Meanings

adverbsheenly (comparative more sheenly, superlative most sheenly)

comparative more sheenly · superlative most sheenly

  1. archaicpoeticbrightly

    1832?, William Motherwell, The Ritters Ride Home The bay glitters sheenly in sunlight, / No oar shivers now its clear mirror.

    1 more example

    Shapes of brightness overlean thee, / With their diadems of youth / Striking on thy ringlets sheenly […]

    1840, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Child Asleep

Origin

From sheen + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

HensleyShenley
Cite this entry
APA

sheenly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheenly

MLA

“sheenly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheenly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sheenly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheenly.

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