pearly-white
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4.0
- adjective
- /ˈpɜrli waɪt/
- He had perfectly fine lips and pearly white teeth, which I saw when he smiled.
- pearly-white teeth
- pearly-white smile
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Examples
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Lucy had languid arms and pearly white skin.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her pearly-white teeth sparkled as she smiled for the camera.
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Millions of people line up outside the brilliant pearly-white gates of heaven.
Blog text (22) -
The oldest was Wishart, whose skin was almost translucent; it was a kind of pearly white, like the inside of certain shells.
Fiction book (1994) -
Their eyes shone like tiny flashlight bulbs, and the teeth were pearly white, set in a dark complexion.
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She had a mouth full of pearly white teeth and two tiny shriveled-up hands that were weighted down by four oversized gold bangles.
Fiction book (1993) -
He proudly showed off his pearly-white smile at the graduation ceremony.
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The walls of the gallery were painted a pearly-white, enhancing the beauty of the artwork.
Synonyms
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3.2
Having a white, shiny look with a soft glow
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8.2
Soft, shiny colors on a surface that look like a small rainbow
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9.7
A shiny, pearly surface that shows soft rainbow colors
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7.9
A shiny surface like a pearl that shows rainbow colors when you move it
A smooth, shiny surface that glows softly in light
Having a shiny surface that shows soft changing colors like a pearl
Antonyms
How White
Surface Forms
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Etymology
The word pearly-white combines pearl, the smooth, shiny bead from an oyster, and white, the colour. So pearly-white means a soft, shiny kind of white, 'like a pearl'.