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silvery-white

silvery-white adjective: resembling silver in color, with a whiter hue than silver.

Adjective

silvery-white (comparative more silvery-white, superlative most silvery-white)

  1. Resembling silver in color, with a whiter hue than silver.
    • Then they saw a silvery-white orb hanging in the air in front of Lupin, who said, “Riddikulus!” almost lazily.1999, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Forms of silvery-white

comparativemore silvery-white
superlativemost silvery-white

Origin of silvery-white

From silvery + white.

Questions about silvery-white

What does silvery-white mean?
Silvery-white means resembling silver in color, with a whiter hue than silver.
What part of speech is silvery-white?
Silvery-white is an adjective.

Words near silvery-white in the dictionary

  1. Silvery River
  2. silvery sedge
  3. silvery-cheeked antshrike
  4. silvery-cheeked antshrikes
  5. silvery-haired
  6. silvery-white
  7. silveryness
  8. silves
  9. Silvester
  10. silvestral
  11. Silvestri

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