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. — whatnot

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

  3. Time to clean those pearly whites, kiddo!

  4. She has pearly eyes.

  5. She has pearly teeth.

    ruЗубы у неё белые, как жемчуг. — Wezel

Origin

From pearl + -y.

From pearl + -y.

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Forms

pearlier, pearliest
Comparativepearlier Lesson
Superlativepearliest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of a white the color of pearls:pearly-white

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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