Silvery

Quick meaning: Silvery is an adjective meaning Resembling silver in color, shiny white.

Meaning

Resembling silver in color, shiny white.

More Meanings

1. Sprinkled or covered with silver.
2. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.

Example Sentences

a silvery laugh

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

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.

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

Word Forms

• silverier
• silveriest

Synonyms for silvery

Depending on context, synonyms include silvern, bright, achromatic, silver, euphonious, colorless.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include silvern, silverish, argent, silver, colorless, achromatic.

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