sheenly

adv

sheenly

adv

Etymology From sheen + -ly.

1

Archaic, Poetic 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 […]1840, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Child Asleep:

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