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silvery

(sɪlvəri)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Silvery things look like silver or are the colour of silver.
...a small, intense man with silvery hair.
There was a full moon and its silvery light seeped through the curtains.

silvery in British English

(ˈsɪlvərɪ)
adjective
1. 
of or having the appearance of silver
the silvery moon
2. 
containing or covered with silver
3. 
having a clear ringing sound
Derived forms
silveriness (ˈsilveriness)
noun

silvery in American English

(ˈsɪlvəri)
adjective
1. 
a. 
resembling silver, as in color or luster
b. 
covered with or containing silver
2. 
soft and clear, like the sound of a silver bell
Derived forms
silveriness (ˈsilveriness)
noun

Examples of 'silvery' in a sentence
silvery

Its wings look silvery when it flies.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He is wearing a grey suit that sets off his silvery hair.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's a magical twilight scene with silvery leaves and calming skies.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This plant has sprawling stems of tightly packed silvery leaves and white flowers that make it ideal for growing over the edge of containers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
These beautiful broad, rippled clouds are best known as mackerel skies because they look like silvery fish scales.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
His slender, upright figure and his silvery hair adorned the many lectures and conferences that he was called upon to chair.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I'm particularly partial to the pale silvery leaves that give the plant its name.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In the other direction, olive groves clothed the hillside above the house, their leaves turning silvery green.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It tunnels inside causing the outer layers to form an air pocket (which gives the leaves a silvery appearance).
The Sun (2014)
They are lively, restless brown birds with a grey head and a silvery white throat, and are found mainly in field hedges.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is made of a thin, silvery metal with the letter X punched through it.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In other languages
silvery

British English: silvery ADJECTIVE
Silvery things look like silver or are the colour of silver.
...a small, intense man with silvery hair.
  • American English: silvery
  • Brazilian Portuguese: prateado
  • Chinese: 似银的
  • European Spanish: plateado
  • French: argenté
  • German: silbern
  • Italian: argentato
  • Japanese: 銀のような
  • Korean: 은색의
  • European Portuguese: prateado
  • Latin American Spanish: plateado
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