sheenly

English

Etymology

sheen +‎ -ly

Adverb

sheenly (comparative more sheenly, superlative most sheenly)

1. (poetic, archaic) brightly
   • (Can we date this quote by William Motherwell and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The bay glitters sheenly in sunlight, / No oar shivers now its clear mirror.

   • (Can we date this quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Shapes of brightness overlean thee, / With their diadems of youth / Striking on thy ringlets sheenly […]

Anagrams

• Hensley, henleys