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 John Addington Symonds
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 Elizabeth Barrett Browning
He donned the bath-robe and sandals and went out through the window to the garden and down to where lay the little lake ruffling silverly under the moon.
From The Valiants of Virginia by Hallie Erminie Rives
Each syllable Light as a flower fell, "Eva!" he whispered the Wondering maid, Soft as a bubble sung Out of a linnet's lung, Soft and most silverly "Eva!" he said.
From Modern British Poetry by Louis Untermeyer
Suddenly the first bird called silverly, startling the dusk.
From Gone to Earth by Mary Gladys Meredith Webb
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