silvery
See also: silver Y
English
Adjective
silvery (comparative silverier, superlative silveriest)
- Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
- (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope
- All the enameled race, whose silvery wing / Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring.
- 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:
- 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.
- (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope
- Sprinkled or covered with silver.
- Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
- a silvery laugh
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Translations
resembling silver
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