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silvery
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[ adjective ] resembling or reminiscent of silver
Synonyms Examples "a soft silvern voice" "singing in her silvery tones" Used in print (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)For Rachel , conceded to be the prettiest of the Szold girls - and she did make a pretty picture sitting in the grape-arbor strumming her guitar and singing in her silvery tones - there was no particular March counterpart ; but both groups were so closely_knit that despite individual differences the family life in both cases was remarkably similar in atmosphere if not entirely in content - the one being definitely Jewish and the other vaguely Christian . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] 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" Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The road leading south along the river was shaded with old trees , and in the moonlight the silvery landscape was like a setting for trolls and wood gods rather_than the Hudson_River Valley of his boyhood memories . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (color) lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
Examples "silvery hair Related terms |
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