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View definitions for silvery

silvery

adjective as in argent

Strong matches

adjective as in hoary

adjective as in metallic

adjective as in rich

adjective as in silver

adjective as in smoky

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Example Sentences

Prices for the lightweight, silvery element have climbed 35% this year, according to FactSet.

From Quartz

The silvery metal is essential for electric vehicles and renewable energy batteries.

From Quartz

They 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.

From Time

In the first week alone, I was stunned by skyscraper-tall badlands and silvery snakes that glinted like holograms in the sunlight.

Horst recommends this plant, Scindapsus pictus, with its beautiful silvery green leaves.

Little wiry chap, with silvery hair, bright brown eyes and plenty of wrinkles.

It has silvery blue skin and a red dorsal fin that runs the length of its body.

That 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.

The tone is of quiet silvery beauty, but the stop does not seem to have been largely adopted by other builders.

Suddenly the clock in the big hall below chimed two upon its peal of silvery bells.

He spoke with a grave and silvery pitch that made his words seem to soar lightly over his audience.

Georgie could not forbear a smile, while Lucy burst into inextinguishable peals of silvery laughter.

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On this page you'll find 646 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to silvery, such as: silver, and white.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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