He had a lot of straight, silvery hair.
Source: tatoeba (34359)
Silvery
//ˈsɪlvəɹi//
Synonyms for "silvery" (178 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (53)
Related words (89)
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Adjective(1 words)
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19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- لُجَيْن adj (resembling silver)
Basque
1 entries- zilarkara adj (resembling silver)
Bulgarian
3 entries- звънлив adj (clear and musical in tone)
- сребрист adj (resembling silver)
- ясен adj (clear and musical in tone)
Catalan
2 entries- argentat adj (resembling silver)
- argentí adj (clear and musical in tone)
Czech
2 entries- stříbrný adj (resembling silver)
- stříbřitý adj (resembling silver)
Esperanto
2 entries- arĝenta adj (resembling silver)
- arĝentsona adj (clear and musical in tone)
French
2 entries- argentin adj (clear and musical in tone)
- argenté adj (resembling silver)
Georgian
3 entries- ვერცხლისებრი adj (resembling silver)
- ვერცხლისებრივი adj (resembling silver)
- ვერცხლისებური adj (resembling silver)
German
4 entries- silberhell adj (clear and musical in tone)
- silberig adj (resembling silver)
- silbern adj (clear and musical in tone)
- silbrig adj (resembling silver)
Hungarian
1 entries- ezüstös adj (resembling silver)
Irish
1 entries- airgeadúil adj (resembling silver)
Italian
3 entries- argentato adj (resembling silver)
- argenteo adj (resembling silver)
- argentino adj (clear and musical in tone)
Latin
1 entries- argenteus adj (resembling silver)
Persian
1 entries- نقرهای adj (resembling silver)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- selwrich adj (resembling silver)
Polish
2 entries- srebrzysty adj (resembling silver)
- srebrzysty adj (clear and musical in tone)
Portuguese
2 entries- argentino adj (clear and musical in tone)
- prateado adj (resembling silver)
Romani
1 entries- rupalo adj (resembling silver)
Romanian
1 entries- argintiu adj (resembling silver)
Russian
1 entries- серебри́стый adj (resembling silver)
Spanish
4 entries- argentado adj (clear and musical in tone)
- argentino adj (resembling silver)
- argentino adj (clear and musical in tone)
- argénteo adj (resembling silver)
Swedish
1 entries- silvrig adj (resembling silver)
Welsh
1 entries- ariannaidd adj (resembling silver)
Yiddish
2 entries- זילבערדיק adj (resembling silver)
- זילבערן adj (resembling silver)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Actinium is a silvery metal.
Source: tatoeba (2169939)
Beyond lay the sea, shimmering and blue, and over it soared the gulls, their pinions flashing silvery in the sunlight.
Source: tatoeba (5825136)
I found myself walking under the silvery lights of Regent Street, full of thoughts of Gladys and of wonder as to my future.
Source: tatoeba (6639388)
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