silvery

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪlvəɹi/
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/ˈsɪlvəɹi/ · /ˈsɪlvɹi/

Definition of silvery

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  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.”
    “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.”
    “Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.”
    “But inside the aquarium, riotously colored saltwater fish, schools of silvery piranhas, and even one seemingly communicative manta ray allow visitors to dream of worlds beyond a war that has made the land where the oceanic sanctuary sits a battle zone.”
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adj

  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.”
    “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.”
    “Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.”
    “But inside the aquarium, riotously colored saltwater fish, schools of silvery piranhas, and even one seemingly communicative manta ray allow visitors to dream of worlds beyond a war that has made the land where the oceanic sanctuary sits a battle zone.”
  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.”

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Etymology

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

Anagrams of silvery

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