glossiness
- n the property of being smooth and shiny
- The Journal is about the size, shape and glossiness of Vogue but has only eight pages, costs a dime, and expects to break even if it sells only 10,000 copies.
- From the competence of its camera work (much of it done in photo-effective Arizona sunlight) to the glossiness of its overall atmosphere (redolent of slick-paper magazine fiction .
- Bruckner's Seventh Symphony has a glossiness that does not suit the music at all.