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sheenly

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: From sheen + -ly.

  1. brightly

    “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 […]”