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tinselly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective tinselly has 1 sense
- tinselly(s = adj.all) clinquant, tinseled - glittering with gold or silver; Array Derived forms noun tinsel2, noun tinsel1
CIDE DICTIONARY
tinselly, a.
Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap. [1913 Webster]
tinselly, adv.
In a showy and cheap manner. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
tinselly
blinking, blinky, coruscant, coruscating, glimmering, glimmerous, glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent, shimmering, shimmery, spangly, sparkling, twinkling, twinkly
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