About The Word Silvery
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Silvery
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What's The Definition Of Silvery?
[adj] 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"
[adj] resembling or reminiscent of silver; "a soft silvern voice"; "singing in her silvery tones" [adj] lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair" Synonyms | Synonyms for Silvery: achromatic | argent | bright | euphonious | euphonous | silver | silverish | silvern Related Terms | Find terms related to Silvery: See Also | Silvery In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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