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单词 silverly
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silverlyadv.

Etymology: < silver n. and adj. + -ly suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsilverly.
1. With a silvery appearance or colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adverb] > silvery
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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.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [adverb] > gentle and clear
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adverb] > timbre or quality > pure or clear
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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.
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