silverly
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of silverly
Example Sentences
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Still the trumpets blew most silverly, and still the people knelt; and as he came, we knelt and had his blessing.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington
The train was slowing up and the lonely river gleamed silverly below.
From The Invader A Novel by Woods, Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa)
Then the clock near her chimed silverly half-past eleven.
From A Life's Morning by Gissing, George
Suddenly the first bird called silverly, startling the dusk.
From Gone to Earth by Webb, Mary Gladys Meredith
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
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