sheener

English

Etymology

From Middle English schenre, from Old English sċēnra, sċȳnra, from Proto-Germanic *skaunizô, comparative of Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“shiny; beautiful”), equivalent to sheen +‎ -er.

Adjective

sheener

1. comparative form of sheen: more sheen

Adverb

sheener

1. comparative form of sheen: more sheen
   • 1983, original 1862, William Henry Schofield, English Literature, page 392:

     Now St. Margaret is in Paradise, "where she shineth sevenfold sheener than the sun."