What does quicksilver mean?
Quicksilver means The metal mercury..
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/ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvɚ/ · noun
The metal mercury..
Summer is not the most auspicious season for theater in New York. Aside from a few certifiable Broadway hits, it is, in fact, a rather quicksilver commodity.
The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence.
Use quicksilver when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Quicksilver means The metal mercury..
Common synonyms include mercury, hydrargyrum, erratic, atomic number 80.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Summer is not the most auspicious season for theater in New York. Aside from a few certifiable Broadway hits, it is, in fact, a rather quicksilver commodity.
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