Meaning

4 senses
  1. Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.

  2. Resembling or characteristic of a pearl; nacreous.

    a pearly lustre

  3. Containing or yielding pearls.

    of a white the color of pearls

  4. Having a pure sweet tone.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom admired the pearly whiteness of the fabric.

    ruТом восхищался жемчужной белизной ткани.

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  2. Sweetie, it's time to take care of those pearly whites.

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  3. Time to clean those pearly whites, kiddo!

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  4. She has pearly eyes.

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  5. She has pearly teeth.

    ruЗубы у неё белые, как жемчуг.

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Origin

From pearl + -y.

From pearl + -y.

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