silvery
silvery
Definition
sil·very (sil′vər ē)
adjective
- resembling silver, as in color or luster
- covered with or containing silver
- soft and clear, like the sound of a silver bell
sil′·veri·ness noun
silvery
Synonyms
silvery
modif.
Shining
shiny, glittering, brilliant; see bright 1, shimmering.Musical
melodious, resonant, sonorous; see harmonious 1, musical 1.
silvery
Usage Examples
Preposition: on
- underside: Smooth, dark brown branches that often bear spines and narrow, light green leaves that are silvery on the undersides.
Modifies a noun
- sheen: They have no freedom, Not since you painted their fragile wings With a silvery sheen gloss.
- underside: The gray mullet has a greenish back, with a silvery underside.
- foliage: It forms clumps of silvery blue, arched foliage.
- gray: The bark is smooth in the shrub's youth, silvery gray with darker stripes.
- bark: Observation hint: The silvery bark has conspicuous black patches.
- moon: The golden gigantic sun Switches with the silvery moon.
Modifying Another Word
- almost: The conspicuous large bracts have an almost silvery sheen.
- quite: The development of the Radiate Early radiates ( produced between AD 215 and about 260 ) are quite silvery in appearance.
Used with adjective complement
- appear: They show up brownish in this enlarged scan but as they float around they appear silvery.
- become: The spots and finger marks disappear and the body becomes silvery in color.
- look: The rolling clouds were whiter, too, and the waters looked more silvery than ever.
Preposition: in
- appearance: Some pike are silvery in appearance while others are dark and have vivid yellow spots.
- color: The appearance was quite metallic and silvery in color.
Preposition: with
- fin: Weever fish are silvery with a black venomous fin and spines.
Browse dictionary entries near silvery
- silverweed
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- silverly
- silvering
- silverfish
- Silvester
- silvex
- Silvia
- silvical
- silvicolous
- silvics
- silviculture
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