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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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

silvery adj
1: lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair" [syn: argent, silver, silverish]
2: resembling or reminiscent of silver; "a soft silvern voice"; "singing in her silvery tones" [syn: silvern]
3: 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]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Silvery \Sil"ver*y\, a.

1. Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.

All the enameled race, whose silvery wing Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring. --Pope.

2. Besprinkled or covered with silver.

3. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh.

Silvery iron (Metal.), a peculiar light-gray fine-grained cast iron, usually obtained from clay iron ore.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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