silvery
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈsɪlvəri/
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plateado
- When she woke again, a vast, silvery tide had swept across the sky.
- silvery white
This is such a pretty like purpley taupey, silvery kind of eyeshadow.
- This is such a pretty like purpley taupey, silvery kind of eyeshadow.
- This one was way too silvery and icy and very visible.
- This is like a super silvery, slightly golden liquid highlighter.
- Let's also do this like silvery kind of gun metal colour.
- There is a more blue toned set with some silvery Blues and it's very cool toned.
Examples
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Also over seven feet tall, this armor is made of a silvery, white metal!
Fiction book (1990) -
I love that soft texture and that blue silvery color.
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* By the light of the silvery moon
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By the light of the silvery moon...
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It's been outside all evening... a beautiful, long, low, silvery car.
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Out there by the river, it seemed that silvery twilight would last for hours.
Fiction book (1992) -
A brown snail left behind a silvery trail on the purple leaves.
Fiction book (1991) -
The moon had just risen, and little silvery ripples moved slowly toward the dark shore.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then in the room was a humming of strings, a faint and silvery jangle of sounds.
Fiction book (1990) -
The moonlight reflected off the silvery surface of the lake, creating a stunning view.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having a shiny light gray color like the metal used for coins and jewellery
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2.3
A shiny light grey color like the metal used for coins and jewelry
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3.0
A grey color that looks shiny like silver
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3.8
A pale shiny white color that looks like metal
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3.7
A pale white color that shines like silver
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3.7
A light gray color that looks like shiny silver
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4.0
A light grey colour that is slightly shiny like a coin
A pale shiny grey colour like the metal used for coins
Having a shiny light gray color like silver
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small plant with narrow silvery leaves and purple daisy-like flowers that blooms in late summer
A North American plant that lives for many years with silvery leaves and purple flowers in grasslands and open woods
How Silvery
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Silvery comes from the word silver plus the ending -y, which makes a word mean 'like' something. So silvery means 'like silver', often 'shiny' and 'grey-white'.