SILVERY

silver, silvern, silvery

(adjective) having the white lustrous sheen of silver; “a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap”; “repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen”

silvern, silvery

(adjective) resembling or reminiscent of silver; “a soft silvern voice”; “singing in her silvery tones”

argent, silver, silvery, silverish

(adjective) of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; “silvery hair”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

silvery (comparative silverier, superlative silveriest)

Resembling silver in color, shiny white.

Sprinkled or covered with silver.

Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.

Synonyms

• silvern (archaic)

Anagrams

• slivery

Source: Wiktionary

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Sil"ver*y, a.

1. Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright. All the enameled race, whose silvery wing Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring. Pope.

2. Besprinkled or covered with silver.

3. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh. Silvery iron (Metal.), a peculiar light-gray fine-grained cast iron, usually obtained from clay iron ore.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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