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silvery

adjective

  1. silver-colored, reminiscent of silver in color or other qualities
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlvəɹi/ / /ˈsɪlvɹi/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English silvery, sylvyry; equivalent to silver + -y.

  1. 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.”

  2. Sprinkled or covered with silver.
  3. 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.”