glassiness

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

glass•y /ˈglæsi/   adj., -i•er, -i•est. 

1. resembling glass, as in smoothness:
   a glassy surface of ice.
2. having no liveliness or expression:
   a glassy stare.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

glass•y  (glas′ē, glä′sē), adj., glass•i•er, glass•i•est, n., pl. glass•ies. 
adj. 

1. resembling glass, as in transparency or smoothness.
2. expressionless;
   dull:
   glassy eyes; a glassy stare.
3. of the nature of glass;
   vitreous.

n. 

4. Also, glassie. [Marbles.] a marble used as a shooter.

• Middle English glasy. See glass, -y¹ 1350–1400

glass′i•ly, adv. 
glass′i•ness, n.