silverly
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of silverly
Example Sentences
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Merry laughter at our camp stories rang silverly from her fair lips.
From Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Ask, if I caught not fair and silverly His blessing for chief angels on my head Until it grew there, a crown crystallized!
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Choose me the cave most worthy choice, To make a place for prayer, And I will choose a praying voice To pour our spirits there: How silverly the echoes run!
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Along the mountain stream that slipped silverly away in the valley below, there were oleanders in bloom, such as we had left in Bermuda the April before.
From Familiar Spanish Travels by Howells, William Dean
One day he sat with Margaret on the porch of a familiar house, and looked upon a familiar river that flowed silverly beyond the dark trees.
From Aladdin O'Brien by Morris, Gouverneur
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