silvery
Origin of silvery
1Other words from silvery
- sil·ver·i·ness, noun
Words Nearby silvery
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How to use silvery in a sentence
Prices for the lightweight, silvery element have climbed 35% this year, according to FactSet.
China’s environmental goals are driving aluminum prices to a 10-year high | John Detrixhe | August 30, 2021 | QuartzThe silvery metal is essential for electric vehicles and renewable energy batteries.
The Taliban now controls one of the world’s biggest lithium deposits | Tim McDonnell | August 16, 2021 | QuartzThey were all test pilots, they wore silvery space suits and signature buzz cuts and they had perfect fly-boy names like Deke and Gus and Al and Gordo.
With Private Space Flight On the Rise, Who Gets to Be Called 'Astronaut?' | Jeffrey Kluger | August 4, 2021 | TimeIn the first week alone, I was stunned by skyscraper-tall badlands and silvery snakes that glinted like holograms in the sunlight.
You Don’t Need to Watch Hiking Videos to Hike | Grayson Haver Currin | June 15, 2021 | Outside OnlineHorst recommends this plant, Scindapsus pictus, with its beautiful silvery green leaves.
Online plant sellers are having a moment. Here’s where to shop. | Lindsey Roberts | November 11, 2020 | Washington Post
Little wiry chap, with silvery hair, bright brown eyes and plenty of wrinkles.
Iran’s Top Spy Is the Modern-Day Karla, John Le Carré’s Villainous Mastermind | Michael Weiss | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt has silvery blue skin and a red dorsal fin that runs the length of its body.
Fishy Mystery: Are Beached Oarfish Trying to Tell Us Something? | Kevin Bailey | October 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat the capable, silvery Kathleen Sebelius is the face of Obamacare makes me want to weep.
Also includes wedding bouquet, silvery tiara, earrings and engagement ring.
The gorgeous rota looks like an alien lighthouse, with silvery lights spinning out of its core.
Though she was warmly wrapped in a soft rug of silvery fur, a chill crept into her heart.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonThe tone is of quiet silvery beauty, but the stop does not seem to have been largely adopted by other builders.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerSuddenly the clock in the big hall below chimed two upon its peal of silvery bells.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxHe spoke with a grave and silvery pitch that made his words seem to soar lightly over his audience.
The Chequers | James RuncimanGeorgie could not forbear a smile, while Lucy burst into inextinguishable peals of silvery laughter.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James Wills
British Dictionary definitions for silvery
/ (ˈsɪlvərɪ) /
of or having the appearance of silver: the silvery moon
containing or covered with silver
having a clear ringing sound
Derived forms of silvery
- silveriness, noun
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