adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

argenteuphoniousachingly sweetacieragreeableagreeable-sounding

Example

More examples

"He had a lot of straight, silvery hair."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

silvery acaciasilvery flying foxsilvery gadesilvery gibbonsilvery gullsilvery hair-grasssilvery hair-tailsilvery honeysucklesilvery marmosetsilvery oaksilvery pomfretsilvery pout

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