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Silvery

//ˈsɪlvəɹi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling silver in color, shiny white.

    "OF all th' enamell'd race, whose silvery wing / Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring."

  2. 2
    Sprinkled or covered with silver.
  3. 3
    Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.

    "a silvery laugh"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having the white lustrous sheen of silver wordnet
  2. 2
    resembling or reminiscent of silver wordnet
  3. 3
    of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English silvery, sylvyry; equivalent to silver + -y.

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