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pearly

pearly noun: a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.

Noun

pearly (countable and uncountable, plural pearlies)

  1. (dated, uncommon, uncountable) A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
    • In nature we as often find the light cool as warm; also in the pictures of many of the Flemish and Dutch schools, where, as Sir Joshua himself mentions, " the silver gray or pearly is predominant, and are valued by the connoisseurs in proportion as they possess this excellence of a silver tint."1830, John Burnet, A practical treatise on painting, page 3
    • Pearly is that silky and often coloured lustre which renders of such value1884, The popular educator, page 49
  2. (UK, countable, especially, plural, slang) A tooth.

Adjective

pearly (comparative pearlier, superlative pearliest)

  1. Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a pearl; nacreous.
    • a pearly lustre
  3. Containing or yielding pearls.
  4. Having a pure sweet tone.

pearly meaning in Bengali and Punjabi

pearly in Bengali

সক্রিয়করণ

pearly in Punjabi

pearly, pearl-colored
ਮੋਤੀਆ motīā

Synonyms of pearly

Forms of pearly

Noun
pluralpearlies
Adjective
comparativepearlier
superlativepearliest

Origin of pearly

From pearl + -y.

Words formed from pearly

Phrases with pearly

Words that rhyme with pearly

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Questions about pearly

What does pearly mean?
Pearly means a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
What is pearly in Bengali?
Pearly in Bengali is সক্রিয়করণ. See Pearly meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pearly?
Pearly can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of pearly?
The plural of pearly is pearlies.

Words near pearly in the dictionary

  1. pearlwares
  2. pearlwise
  3. pearlwort
  4. pearlwort spurrey
  5. pearlworts
  6. pearly
  7. pearly antshrike
  8. pearly antshrikes
  9. pearly coronal papules
  10. pearly disease
  11. pearly everlasting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pearly (page history and authors); pearly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਮੋਤੀਆ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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