More shiny and smooth in appearance than something else; more polished or superficial.
Comparative form of 'glossy,' from 'gloss' (shine) + '-y' (adjectival suffix) + '-er' (comparative). The term originally meant 'shiny' but evolved to sometimes mean 'superficially attractive.'
High-gloss magazine pages are literally glossier because they use clay-coated paper that reflects light differently—it's why fashion ads look so radiant compared to newspaper text!
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