silvery
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsɪlvəɹi/, /ˈsɪlvɹi/
silvery (comparative silverier, superlative silveriest)
- Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
- 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(
please specify )”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. In Three Books, Dublin; London: Reprinted for A. Dodd, OCLC 1033416756 ↗:
- Sprinkled or covered with silver.
- Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
- a silvery laugh
- silvern (archaic)
- French: argenté
- German: silbrig
- Italian: argenteo, argentato
- Portuguese: prateado
- Russian: серебри́стый
- Spanish: plateado, argénteo, argentino
- French: argentin
- German: silberhell, silbrig, silbern
- Italian: argentino
- Portuguese: argentino
- Spanish: argénteo, argentino, argentado
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