silvery
/ˈsɪlvəɹi/
silvery adjective: resembling silver in color, shiny white.
Adjective
silvery (comparative silverier, superlative silveriest)
- Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
- OF all th' enamell'd race, whose silvery wing / Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring.1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC
- Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows feeding unconcernedly for the most part, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 98
- Synonyms:
- argentine
- Sprinkled or covered with silver.
- Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
- a silvery laugh
- The hand grasped the curtain, and drew it aside, and as it did so I heard a voice, I think the softest and yet most silvery voice I ever heard.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
silvery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
silvery in Hindi
- silvery
- रजत rajat
- silvery, silvern, silver
- रौप्य raupya
silvery in Tamil
- வெள்ளியைப்போல மிளிர்ந்து, நடுத்தர சாம்பற் நிறம், வெண்மை நிறமுள்ள, கேட்க இதமான, சுகமான, தெளிவான
silvery in Urdu
- براق, چاندی جیسا, نقرئی, روپہلا, سیمیں
silvery in Malayalam
- രജതവർണ്ണമാർന്ന, വെളളിപൂശിയ, തിളങ്ങുന്ന, വെള്ളിപോലുള്ള
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- silvery in Punjabi
- ਰੁਪਹਿਲਾ ruphilā
- silvery in Sanskrit
- रजत rajatá
- silvery in Nepali
- रुपौलो rupaulo
- silvery in Arabic
- لُجَيْن lujayn
- silvery in Persian
- نقرهای noqre'i
Examples of silvery in a sentence
- A silvery cloud drifted over the mountains that surrounded him, its edges glowing with ruddy light cast from the harvest moon cradled between two peaks.2003, Christopher Paolini, “Discovery”, in Eragon, page 6:
- Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:
Synonyms of silvery
Forms of silvery
| comparative | silverier |
|---|---|
| superlative | silveriest |
Origin of silvery
From Middle English silvery, sylvyry; equivalent to silver + -y.
Words formed from silvery
- silverily
- silveriness
- silvery acacia
- silvery-cheeked antshrike
- silvery flying fox
- silvery gade
- silvery gibbon
- silvery gull
- silvery-haired
- silvery hair-grass
- silvery hair-tail
- silvery honeysuckle
- silvery marmoset
- silvery oak
- silvery pomfret
- silvery pout
- silvery salmon
- silvery sedge
- silvery shrew mole
- silvery-tongued
- silvery-white
Phrases with silvery
Questions about silvery
- What does silvery mean?
- Silvery means resembling silver in color, shiny white.
- What is silvery in Hindi?
- Silvery in Hindi is रजत (rajat), रौप्य (raupya). See Silvery meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use silvery in a sentence?
- A silvery cloud drifted over the mountains that surrounded him, its edges glowing with ruddy light cast from the harvest moon cradled between two peaks.
- What part of speech is silvery?
- Silvery is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce silvery?
- Silvery is pronounced /ˈsɪlvəɹi/.
Words near silvery in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: silvery (page history and authors); रजत (Hindi) (page history and authors); silvery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); silvery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); silvery (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਰੁਪਹਿਲਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); रजत (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); रुपौलो (Nepali) (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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