tinselly

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/ˈtɪnsəli/

adjective

Resembling or adorned with tinsel.

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clinquanttinseledadorneddecorated
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Meanings

adjectivetinselly (comparative more tinselly, superlative most tinselly)

comparative more tinselly · superlative most tinselly

  1. Resembling or adorned with tinsel.

    Christmas decorations clung to the light poles lining the street — green, red, and white tinselly creations: snowmen, Santas, reindeer, candy canes...

    2007, Scott Smith, A Simple Plan
  2. figurativelyGaudy, superficial; offering attraction without depth.

    She was a light-skinned girl of frail and tinselly beauty […]

    1978, Edward Lewis Wallant, The Pawnbroker
    1 more example

    ...the insurance money his death would provide might help his sons to become the tinselly images of a perfect salesman he had so foolishly hoped to be […]

    1984, Louise T Reynolds, The New Renaissance

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveglittering with gold or silver

Similar
clinquanttinseledadorneddecorated
Also see
clinquantgaudytinseled

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From tinsel + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

silently
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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