glassy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness
    • the glassy surface of the lake
    • the pavement was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather
  2. adjective satellite (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
    glazed.
    • empty eyes
    • a glassy stare
    • his eyes were glazed over with boredom
  3. adjective satellite (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
    vitreous; vitrified.
    • glazed pottery
    • glassy porcelain
    • hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures

WordNet

Glass"y adjective
Definitions
  1. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. Bacon.
  2. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep.
  3. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes. "In his glassy eye." Byron.

Webster 1913