glossy

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You could show someone a glossy brick I guess, but what good would that do?

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a magazine printed on good quality paper

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noun

a magazine printed on good quality paper

noun

a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper

adjective

(of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers; "calendered paper"; "glossy paper"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for glossy.

noun

a magazine printed on good quality paper

noun

a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper

adjective

(of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers; "calendered paper"; "glossy paper"

adjective

reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel"

See also: glistening, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining

adjective

superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense; "a glossy TV series"

Example sentences

You could show someone a glossy brick I guess, but what good would that do?

They have no glare, and no false brilliance from the glossy screen.

The only valid argument that I'd find for glossy screens is that you can build them more robust than matte screens.

I'm curious if they've gone to a single screen surface, based on glossy, but with somewhat less glare.

One that is attuned to the problems of "gloss", and is looking for disruption and good engineering rather than a glossy pitch.

When Apple started offering both, I agonized but finally opted for glossy and haven't looked back.

If nothing else there is the volume but I think the production techniques for glossy are intrinsically cheaper too.

> ...But are you telling me that a matte surface would cost more to manufacture than a glossy surface?Ex TV Product Planner here - yes matte costs more than glossy.

The company was sold in 1995, and now the "book" is a glossy picture book with only a few hundred of the most photogenic records from the previous year.

I could show you a hundred glossy foreign magazines advertising property which is "close" to some tube station on the Piccadilly or Northern line 13-15 stops from the center.

No more pixel perfect web apps that feel like desktop apps, no more sites that look like glossy brochures, and embracing chaos and amateurism over order and professionalismHere is yet another argument based on the premise that, in order for Apple to succeed, it must do the same thing as everyone else.