glossyPronunciation: /ˈglɒsi/Translate glossy | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of glossy adjective (glossier, glossiest) 1shiny and smooth:thick, glossy, manageable hair (of a magazine or photograph) printed on high-quality smooth shiny paper: a 16-page glossy brochure 2superficially attractive, stylish, and suggesting wealth:a glossy TV miniseries noun (plural glossies) informal a magazine printed on glossy paper with many colour photographs: he’s been touted in some upmarket glossies as the thinking woman’s crumpet a photograph printed on glossy paper. Derivatives glossily adverb glossiness noun glossy in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of glossy in the US English dictionary