silvery

[sil-vuh-ree] /ˈsɪl və ri/

adjective

resembling silver; of a lustrous grayish-white color:

the silvery moon.

having a clear, ringing sound like that of silver:

the silvery peal of bells.

containing or covered with silver:

silvery deposits.

Origin

1590-1600; silver + -y¹

Related forms

silveriness, noun

Examples from the web for silvery

After all, those silvery tubes continue to work even today.
After a quick breath at the surface, dolphins swim to the bottom of the pool and expel a long, silvery ring of air.
Its flowers are tiny, greenish-yellow and globular, and its indented leaves have a silvery-gray sheen.
Renderings show a moat and huge, silvery wedges of metal jutting outward from the building's base.
At the touch of a button, the robot's silvery jointed arm reared back and then moved steadily toward home plate.
On silvery sandbanks hippos and alligators sunned themselves side by side.
He stopped at an ironwood tree to admire its silvery fluted trunk, its striking combination of delicacy and strength.
White blooms or silvery foliage in white or nearly white containers also bring that frosty ambience into your garden.
White cyclamen appear to flutter above silvery dusty-miller foliage and eucalyptus pods.
The completed snowflake is finished with silvery dusty miller and eucalyptus pods.

British Dictionary definitions for silvery

/ˈsɪlvərɪ/

adjective

of or having the appearance of silver: the silvery moon

containing or covered with silver

having a clear ringing sound

Derived Forms

silveriness, noun

Word Origin and History for silvery

adj.

late 14c., from silver (n.) + -y (2). Related: Silveriness.