Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: achromatic, argent, bright, euphonious, euphonous, silver, silverish, silvern

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