Meaning of silvery in English
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Classifying Adjective
silveryDefinitions
1. lustrous grayExamples
- « covered with or tinged with the color of silver »
- « silvery hair »
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- 2. resembling or reminiscent of silver
Examples
- « a soft silvern voice »
- « singing in her silvery tones »
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- 3. having the white lustrous sheen of silver
Examples
- « a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap »
- « repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen »
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