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Silvery definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIL'VERY, a.
1. Like silver; having the appearance of silver; white; of a mild luster. Of all the enameled race whose silvery wing Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring.
2. Besprinkled or covered with silver.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: resembling or reminiscent of silver; "a soft silvern voice"; "singing in her silvery tones" [syn: silvern, silvery]
2: having the white lustrous sheen of silver; "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"; "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen" [syn: silver, silvern, silvery]
3: of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair" [syn: argent, silver, silvery, silverish]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. having the luster of silver 2. having a soft high clear musical tone <a silvery voice> 3. containing or consisting of silver • silveriness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 like silver in colour or appearance. 2 having a clear gentle ringing sound. 3 (of the hair) white and lustrous. Derivatives: silveriness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Silvery Sil"ver*y, a. 1. 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. --Pope. 2. Besprinkled or covered with silver. 3. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Silvery things look like silver or are the colour of silver. ...a small, intense man with silvery hair... ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. See silver.

Moby Thesaurus

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