单词 | silverly |
释义 | silverlyadv. 1. With a silvery appearance or colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adverb] > silvery silverlya1616 silverily1929 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. ii. 46 Let me wipe off this honourable dewe, That siluerly doth progresse on thy cheekes. View more context for this quotation 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 29 This river..begins to progress silverly Around the western border of the wood. 1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile 1397 in Poems I Ask, if I caught not fair and silverly His blessing. 1871 R. Browning Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau 78 On you glide Silverly till you reach the summit-edge, Then over. 2. With a silvery sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [adverb] > gentle and clear silverly1752 silverily1929 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adverb] > timbre or quality > pure or clear silverly1752 1752 C. Smart Omniscience of Supreme Being 7 Cherubic Gratitude, whose voice To pious ears sounds silverly so sweet. 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 174 When other harmonies, stopt short, Leave the dinn'd air vibrating silverly. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere II. iv. xxix. 341 Midnight! The sounds rolled silverly out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adv.a1616 |
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