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Meaning of sheenly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B1

Definitions

brightly

archaic, poetic

Examples

“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 […]”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

sheepily sheepishly sheepwise sheer sheerly sheetwise