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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. resembling or reminiscent of silver;
- Example: "a soft silvern voice"
- Example: "singing in her silvery tones"
[syn: silvern, silvery]

2. having the white lustrous sheen of silver;
- Example: "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "silvery hair"
[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. [1913 Webster] All the enameled race, whose silvery wing Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Besprinkled or covered with silver. [1913 Webster] 3. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh. [1913 Webster] Silvery iron (Metal.), a peculiar light-gray fine-grained cast iron, usually obtained from clay iron ore. [1913 Webster]
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]