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adjective

Silvery adj.

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."

Besprinkled or covered with silver.

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.

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Etymology of 'Silvery'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Silvery" Quotes from Famous Books

... Moab and Midian, saw that he was not strong enough to withstand the sacred marauders, and well knew that surrender meant a wholesale massacre—that those who had dared to defend their homes would be placed under harrows of iron—that the silvery head of the aged grandsire would sink beneath a sword wielded in the name of God; that unborn babes would be ripped from the wombs of Moabite women and the maidens of Midian coerced into concubinage by their heaven-led captors. In this dire extremity Balak bethought him of Brother ...

— Volume 1 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann

... Needham's suggestion showed her that peace and a relieved conscience was the highest degree of silvery brightness she anticipated in the future. One thing alone could restore to her the joyousness of her early days, and that was far away ...

— A Crooked Path - A Novel • Mrs. Alexander

... soon, and make my way up the stone steps to the "corn chamber," where tranquillity is crowned. In the whitewashed room the corn lies in drifts and ridges, three to four feet deep, all silvery-dun, like some remote sand desert, lifeless beneath the moon. Here it lies, and into it, staggering under the sacks, George-the-Gaul and Jim-the-Early Saxon tramp up to their knees, spill the sacks over their heads, and out again; ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... there came a tapping at the door behind them, and a small, silvery voice said, "May I come in?" as the door opened and Mrs. Crozier, very precisely ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... the East, in a palace surrounded by orange groves, where the nightingales sang, and by silvery lakes, where the soft fountains plashed, there lived a fine old king. For many years he had governed with great comfort to himself, and to the tolerable satisfaction of his subjects. His queen being dead, his whole ...

— Ting-a-ling • Frank Richard Stockton

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