as in gray
of the color gray
a silvery metal of some kind
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Recent Examples of silvery
The first is an 18-karat pink-gold model on an Arroyo gray calf leather strap with a silvery dial in a grid-style globe pattern, where the meridians and parallels are engraved and polished.
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Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026
Pairs of multibar angelfish, with their zebra-like stripes and bright yellow bellies, darted across a field of silvery staghorn coral.
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
Hadid, of course, is no stranger to hair evolutions; in the past, she’s gone cinnamon red and tried all different kinds of blonde, including a silvery shade for the inaugural Le Grand Dîner du Louvre in Paris last March.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
Mirren’s silvery hair was styled in a blunt bob with wisps of fringe to frame her face.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 7 Jan. 2026
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Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026
Pairs of multibar angelfish, with their zebra-like stripes and bright yellow bellies, darted across a field of silvery staghorn coral.
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
Hadid, of course, is no stranger to hair evolutions; in the past, she’s gone cinnamon red and tried all different kinds of blonde, including a silvery shade for the inaugural Le Grand Dîner du Louvre in Paris last March.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
Mirren’s silvery hair was styled in a blunt bob with wisps of fringe to frame her face.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 7 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for silvery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silvery
Adjective
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Parham was last seen wearing a black-and-gray knitted hat, gray face covering, white coat, camouflage pants, black boots and a camo-pattern backpack.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
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The triad moves across the grey room in a dizzying chain of matching pirouettes, drawing a slow circle one after another as arpeggiating harp fills the bare space with sound.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Other footage confirms McKee was in possession of that vehicle, according to the affidavit, which described it as a silver SUV.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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It's finished off with a light coat of silver glitter.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Silvery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silvery. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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