What does sheenly mean?
Sheenly means (poetic, archaic) brightly.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
(poetic, archaic) 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 […]
Use sheenly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sheenly means (poetic, archaic) brightly.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1832?, William Motherwell, The Ritters Ride Home The bay glitters sheenly in sunlight, / No oar shivers now its clear mirror.
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