silvery

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/ˈsɪlvəɹi/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

light, long, luminous, most, motionless, over, straight, under

VERB + SILVERY

casts, catch, flashing, part, race, walking

SILVERY + NOUN

curvature, hair, luster, metal, pollard, regent, sunlight, veil

PREP.

in, on, with

Definitions

adj

Resembling silver in color, shiny white.

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

Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows feeding unconcernedly for the most part, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight.

Sprinkled or covered with silver.

Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.

a silvery laugh

The hand grasped the curtain, and drew it aside, and as it did so I heard a voice, I think the softest and yet most silvery voice I ever heard.

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Synonyms

adjective — having the white lustrous sheen of silver

silver
silvern

adjective — resembling or reminiscent of silver

silvern

adjective — of lustrous grey

argent
silver
silverish

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

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Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows feeding unconcernedly for the most part, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight.

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A silvery cloud drifted over the mountains that surrounded him, its edges glowing with ruddy light cast from the harvest moon cradled between two peaks.

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He had a lot of straight, silvery hair.

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Actinium is a silvery metal.

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Beyond lay the sea, shimmering and blue, and over it soared the gulls, their pinions flashing silvery in the sunlight.

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