silvery

adjective sil·very \ ˈsil-v(ə-)rē \

|Updated on: 14 Aug 2018

Examples: silvery in a Sentence

Definition of silvery

1 : having the luster of silver

2 : having a soft high clear musical tone

a silvery voice

3 : containing or consisting of silver

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silveriness

noun

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Examples of silvery in a Sentence

a pond full of silvery fish
a dress of silvery gray silk
Silvery light reflected off the water.
The violinist played with a bright, silvery tone.
a singer with a beautiful silvery voice

Recent Examples of silvery from the Web

The gray itself is a shock of silvery white interspersed with some brown strands on the nape of my neck and along my cheeks.

— jessica berger gross, Longreads, "Gone Gray," 10 July 2018
In 1947, what’s regarded as the first modern UFO sighting took place as private pilot Kenneth Arnold, an Idaho businessman, reported seeing nine silvery objects flying in a ‘‘weaving formation’’ near Mount Rainier in Washington.

— BostonGlobe.com, "This day in history," 23 June 2018
They are known for their white beard, silvery-blue coat, long tail and cow-like horns.

— bryce airgood, Detroit Free Press, "After almost 80 years, the Detroit Zoo finally gets some gnu animals," 7 June 2018
The synthetic material proves more consistent, arriving in a large sheet of translucent silvery blue.

— tim newcomb, Popular Mechanics, "Watch How Vans Makes Its Secret Skate Shoe Rubber," 8 Mar. 2016
Living in his car and on boats, his entire existence hanging on the whim of silvery steelheads and the hatching pattern of mayflies.

— Washington Post, "Little Bro teaches this family some life lessons," 1 Jan. 2018
The silvery tones ring through several courtyards on my block.

— paul klenk, New York Times, "‘Godfather Waltz’," 2 July 2018
In 2007, as Atlantic mackerel moved away from European Union waters toward colder shoals near Iceland, the silvery fish with forked tails precipitated a trade war.

— david abel, BostonGlobe.com, "Fish wars loom as climate change pushes lobster, cod, and other species north," 21 June 2018
Hazan’s cookbook is one of many exhorting the flexibility of the silvery little fish.

— alex van buren, Health.com, "The $2 Ingredient That Will Make Your Chicken Taste So Much More Flavorful," 6 June 2018

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