as in grey
of the color gray
a silvery metal of some kind
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Recent Examples of silvery
Moss has experimented with it all, from silvery side burns to white blonde shades and even committed to gray facial hair back in 2021.
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Michelle Lee, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The laptop’s interior gives you more silvery aluminum, with a generous palm rest and touchpad.
—Sherri L. Smith, PC Magazine, 29 July 2025
These slender, silvery fish—which average just 2.5 inches long—are found only in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
—Moira Donovan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
The variegation gives plants a silvery effect, while long aching foliage adds plenty of texture to the garden.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 18 July 2025
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Michelle Lee, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The laptop’s interior gives you more silvery aluminum, with a generous palm rest and touchpad.
—Sherri L. Smith, PC Magazine, 29 July 2025
These slender, silvery fish—which average just 2.5 inches long—are found only in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
—Moira Donovan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
The variegation gives plants a silvery effect, while long aching foliage adds plenty of texture to the garden.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silvery
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Dark grey smoke could be seen billowing as the explosion occurred during a time-lapse video shared by ABC affiliate WTAE.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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The former Michigan Wolverine led the grey team, coached by UConn’s associate head coach Kimani Young, to a blowout, 73-36 win over first-year assistant Mike Nardi’s blue squad.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The play kitchen is primarily black and light gray with wood-like countertops and measures about 44 inches (length) x 13 ¾ inches (width) x 43 inches (height).—
Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
5 Aug. 2025
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Elsewhere, mountainsides are terraced like gigantic stairs by the harvesting of stone, a ceiling vent sits above a bulldozer at the top of an industrial hill like a halo, and a machine 3-D-prints out shapes with cement as though creating decorations with gray icing for an immense cake.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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Itinerary highlights Sail out of Bergen past pastel Bryggen warehouses, then up to Geirangerfjord where waterfalls stitch silver threads down emerald cliffs.—
Jill Schildhouse,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The driver of the Hyundai failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee that was traveling west on Lexington.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Silvery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silvery. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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