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Meaning of 'silvery' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Silvery [ a.]
- Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.
- Besprinkled or covered with silver.
- Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh.

Meaning of 'silvery' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . silvery [ s]
Meaning (1):
- having the white lustrous sheen of silver
Example in sentence:
  • a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap;
  • repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen
Meaning (2):
- resembling or reminiscent of silver
Example in sentence:
  • a soft silvern voice;
  • singing in her silvery tones
Meaning (3):
- of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
Example in sentence:
  • silvery hair

Nearby Words:

silage sile silence silenced silencing silene silent silentiary silentious silently

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