glossily

1. 1.

   in a glossy manner

   “the magazine was glossily printed”

Questions about glossily

What does glossily mean?

glossily means "in a glossy manner".

How many syllables are in glossily?

glossily has 3 syllables and divides as glos-si-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is glossily a common word?

glossily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.