› A glossy book or magazine has been produced on shiny and expensive paper and contains many colour pictures:
a glossy coffee-table book
› looking attractive, but often not having serious value or quality:
This magazine is full of glossy advertisements for aftershave.
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› a glossy magazine
› US a photograph printed on smooth shiny paper
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