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silvery

[sil-vuh-ree] / ˈsɪl və ri /
ADJECTIVE
argent
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Rarely has one person so dominated the fashion stakes, with a specially made silvery Jacquemus bustier dress on opening night, followed by an enormous hot pink Barbie ballgown by edgy French-Canadian fashion label Matieres Fecales.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Photos shared by the department show a silvery gray fox bounding majestically across a white snowy plain beneath towering, sunlit alpine peaks.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

Danger feels suspended in the soft-blue light, in which the lion’s tail and the round, silvery moon, balanced just-so, are poised like a raised mallet and gong.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 15, 2025

A BlackFly painted in EMS livery waited for me in the silvery grass.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

Jimmy picked up the sliver of silvery metal.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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