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sheenly

adv

Etymology

From sheen + -ly.

  1. derived from *(s)kewh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *skauniz✻
  3. inherited from *skaunī✻
  4. inherited from sċīene — “beautiful, fair, bright, brilliant, light”
  5. inherited from shene
  6. suffixed as sheenly — “sheen + ly”

Definitions

  1. brightly

    • 1832?, William Motherwell, The Ritters Ride Home The bay glitters sheenly in sunlight, / No oar shivers now its clear mirror.
    • Shapes of brightness overlean thee, / With their diadems of youth / Striking on thy ringlets sheenly […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA