[syn: argent, silver, silvery, silverish]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Silvery \Sil"ver*y\, a.
1. Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white
and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.
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All the enameled race, whose silvery wing
Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring. --Pope.
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2. Besprinkled or covered with silver.
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3. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear
in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh.
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Silvery iron (Metal.), a peculiar light-gray fine-grained
cast iron, usually obtained from clay iron ore.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
silvery
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]