pearly
adjective
like a pearl, especially in being white or lustrous; nacreous.
pearliness
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a word derived from
pearly.
Example Sentences
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Take up no pearly drop from the lake, mother of pearliness, lest falling it sound too loudly.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 by Various
Her profile was clear-cut; her mouth was strong and revealed between red, firm lips the even pearliness of her teeth.
From The Secret of the Night by Gaston Leroux
Do let me teach you to understand the heavenly pearliness of these lines.
From The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The sky, naked of clouds, had become a brightening sphere of pearliness; a deep rose gathered over the hills and spread fanlike, licking up the ashen pallor with stabs of flame.
From Secret Bread by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
The drive was a mere rutted cart-track; hemlock, foxgloves, purple knapweed, blue scabious and tall, thin-stemmed buttercups grew along the tangled hedges, and the blackberry flowers patterned the brambles with pearliness.
From Beggars on Horseback by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
