silvery

[US]/ˈsɪlvəri/
[UK]/ˈsɪlvəri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. resembling silver, having a color like silver; pleasant to the ear, clear and crisp.

Phrases & Collocations

silvery moonlight

silvery hair

silvery voice

silvery fish scales

silvery dress

silvery white

Example Sentences

a little silvery laugh.

the silvery fluting of a blackbird.

shoals of silvery fish.

The silvery globe of the moon hung in the sky.

Behind us a light silvery laugh rang out.

silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters.

The girl chuckled. The silvery laugh made him rush into the redlight.

The leaves on the trees shimmered pale green,almost silvery in the spring sunlight.

New materials such as gilded cobber and silvery threads emerged.

any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis.

a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite.

rhynchichthys The late postlarval stage of Holocentridae characterised by the presence of rostral, preopercular, opercular and supraoccipital spines and a silvery colour.

a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite.

a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite.

a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands.

An Atlantic ribbonfish (Trachipterus arcticus) having a compressed, tapering, silvery body that can attain a length of 2.6 meters (8? feet).

Neodymium is a bright, silvery rare-earth metal element, found in monazite and bastnaesite and used for coloring glass and for doping some glass lasers.

iridocyte A crystal of guanine in the dermis of fishes, a layer of which produces reflective silvery white or iridescent tones typical of fishes. Also called iridophore.

Real-world Examples

And just some kind of silvery, silvery blue hair.

Source: Learn to dress like a celebrity.

The silvery stuff within began to swirl very fast.

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Will ring those silvery peals, which speak of bosom pure and stainless truth.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 5

Through the grass came a soft silvery tinkling.

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

He pointed the wand at the silvery shape and murmured, " Accio Sword."

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

And the glass was beginning to disappear, just like a bright silvery cloud.

Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Simplified Version)

He had a long, silvery, pointed beard which came down to his waist.

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Harry lifted the silvery substance into it with his wand.

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Madame Maxime was listening, motionless, apparently staring at the silvery fountain.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Something silvery shone for a second, then it was gone. And so was the Otter.

Source: The Wind in the Willows

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