What does tinselly mean?
Tinselly means Resembling or adorned with tinsel..
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/ˈtɪnsəli/ · adjective
Resembling or adorned with tinsel..
Christmas decorations clung to the light poles lining the street — green, red, and white tinselly creations: snowmen, Santas, reindeer, candy canes...
She was a light-skinned girl of frail and tinselly beauty […]
...the insurance money his death would provide might help his sons to become the tinselly images of a perfect salesman he had so foolishly hoped to be […]
Use tinselly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tinselly means Resembling or adorned with tinsel..
Common synonyms include adorned, clinquant, decorated, tinseled.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Christmas decorations clung to the light poles lining the street — green, red, and white tinselly creations: snowmen, Santas, reindeer, candy canes...
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