silvery
See also: silver Y
English
Etymology
Adjective
silvery (comparative silverier, superlative silveriest)
- Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
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- Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.
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- Sprinkled or covered with silver.
- Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
- a silvery laugh
Derived terms
Derived terms
- silvery acacia
- silvery flying fox (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 858: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- silvery gade
- silvery gibbon
- silvery gull
- silvery-haired
- silvery hair-grass
- silvery hair-tail
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- silvery oak (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 858: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
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- silvery shrew mole
- silvery-tongued
Translations
resembling silver
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