Meaning

3 senses
  1. Resembling silver in color, shiny white.

    silbrig, silberig

    серебри́стыйserebrístyj

    resembling or reminiscent of silver

  2. Sprinkled or covered with silver.

    of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver

  3. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.

    a silvery laugh

    silberhell, silbrig, silbern

    having the white lustrous sheen of silver

Examples

7 sentences
  1. He had a lot of straight, silvery hair.

    Він мав багато прямого сріблястого волосся.

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  2. Nickel is a hard metal with a silvery luster.

    ruНикель - твёрдый металл с серебристым свечением.

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  3. Actinium is a silvery metal.

    deActinium ist ein silbernes Metall.

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  4. The opah's overall red with white spots and turns a silvery-grey when it dies.

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  5. High in the night sky the moon is shining bright, flooding wood and pasture with silvery light.

    deDer Mond prangt hell am Himmelszelt, durchflutet silbern Wald und Feld.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
resembling silver:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
resembling silver:
clear and musical in tone:

Origin

From Middle English silvery, sylvyry; equivalent to silver + -y.

From Middle English silvery, sylvyry; equivalent to silver + -y.

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Forms

silverier, silveriest
Comparativesilverier Lesson
Superlativesilveriest Lesson

irregular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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