Silvery
adjective
Similar to silver in color or shine.
The moonlight gave a silvery glow to the night
Often appears as...
- silvery moonlight
- silvery hair
adjective
Having a gentle, clear, and soothing quality like that of a silver bell.
She has a silvery voice that mesmerizes her audience
Often appears as...
- silvery voice
- silvery laughter
adjective
Similar to silver in color or shine.
The moonlight gave a silvery glow to the night
Often appears as...
- silvery moonlight
- silvery hair
adjective
Having a gentle, clear, and soothing quality like that of a silver bell.
She has a silvery voice that mesmerizes her audience
Often appears as...
- silvery voice
- silvery laughter
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'silvery' to describe something that sparkles or shines like silver, creating a vivid image.
The silvery surface of the lake dazzled under the sun.
Pro Tip 2/3Age Indicator
'Silvery' often refers to the color of hair, implying age or wisdom without stating it outright.
His silvery beard made him look distinguished.
Pro Tip 3/3Enhanced Quality
When paired with nature or objects, 'silvery' enhances their quality, making them seem more enchanting.
The silvery leaves rustled in the breeze.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'silvery' to describe something that sparkles or shines like silver, creating a vivid image.
The silvery surface of the lake dazzled under the sun.
Pro Tip 2/3Age Indicator
'Silvery' often refers to the color of hair, implying age or wisdom without stating it outright.
His silvery beard made him look distinguished.
Pro Tip 3/3Enhanced Quality
When paired with nature or objects, 'silvery' enhances their quality, making them seem more enchanting.
The silvery leaves rustled in the breeze.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'silvery' to describe something that sparkles or shines like silver, creating a vivid image.
The silvery surface of the lake dazzled under the sun.
Pro Tip 2/3Age Indicator
'Silvery' often refers to the color of hair, implying age or wisdom without stating it outright.
His silvery beard made him look distinguished.
Pro Tip 3/3Enhanced Quality
When paired with nature or objects, 'silvery' enhances their quality, making them seem more enchanting.
The silvery leaves rustled in the breeze.
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Finding Little Owls in...
It was once said to be the tallest manmade structure in Europe. It's now being rewilded, and this long grass here makes for a perfect hunting ground. We just saw a kestrel fly over and land on this little building up here, and it looks like it's probably a male because it's got a silvery head.
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Safari Live - Day 7 PIPE...
on very easily so I'm forever keeping a smell out for you guys there's also the striped hyena which is a little bit smaller than the spotted and the brown nice silvery colour with black stripes they tend to be found further north of the cut in there Oh
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How much does a video...
they are not silvery, like they're often illustrated. Mirrors, technically speaking, are just a tiny, tiny, little bit green. You can demonstrate this by putting two mirrors next to each other, facing so they reflect back and forth forever.
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Could you survive the...
using an invisible headlight to locate unsuspecting prey that its scoops into its cavernous jaw. You can’t see your enemy, but your silvery, mirror-like scales scatter and soften direct light, keeping you hidden.
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The unexpected benefit...
while costing less than five percent of what traditional, long-life balloons have cost to make? Yes. In the end. But I promise you, you name it, we had to try it to get there. We made round, silvery balloons.
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Diane Cook & Len...
world's premier desert Gardens one of our favorites and what we learned from Lotus land was that silvery plants like this old man cactus look really really cool when catch the light of the full moon so if
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How design can help make...
elements that make up our world hydrogen the lightest and most prolific element in the universe carbon the quintessential connector and linchpin of life sodium the silvery white metal
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You owe it to yourself...
They were all in a line. And there, along this line, was this thing, this glorious, bewildering thing. It looked like a wreath woven from silvery thread,
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Time-Lapse: Lose...
strange silvery cloud hovering overhead they were in fact seeing the Milky Way galaxy for the first time
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Overview PIPE Exploring...
silvery fish creatures that illuminate the deep-sea darkness with their own living white
Video examples
Finding Little Owls in...
It was once said to be the tallest manmade structure in Europe. It's now being rewilded, and this long grass here makes for a perfect hunting ground. We just saw a kestrel fly over and land on this little building up here, and it looks like it's probably a male because it's got a silvery head.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 7 PIPE...
on very easily so I'm forever keeping a smell out for you guys there's also the striped hyena which is a little bit smaller than the spotted and the brown nice silvery colour with black stripes they tend to be found further north of the cut in there Oh
Video examples
How much does a video...
they are not silvery, like they're often illustrated. Mirrors, technically speaking, are just a tiny, tiny, little bit green. You can demonstrate this by putting two mirrors next to each other, facing so they reflect back and forth forever.
Video examples
Could you survive the...
using an invisible headlight to locate unsuspecting prey that its scoops into its cavernous jaw. You can’t see your enemy, but your silvery, mirror-like scales scatter and soften direct light, keeping you hidden.
Video examples
The unexpected benefit...
while costing less than five percent of what traditional, long-life balloons have cost to make? Yes. In the end. But I promise you, you name it, we had to try it to get there. We made round, silvery balloons.
Video examples
Diane Cook & Len...
world's premier desert Gardens one of our favorites and what we learned from Lotus land was that silvery plants like this old man cactus look really really cool when catch the light of the full moon so if
Video examples
How design can help make...
elements that make up our world hydrogen the lightest and most prolific element in the universe carbon the quintessential connector and linchpin of life sodium the silvery white metal
Video examples
You owe it to yourself...
They were all in a line. And there, along this line, was this thing, this glorious, bewildering thing. It looked like a wreath woven from silvery thread,
Video examples
Time-Lapse: Lose...
strange silvery cloud hovering overhead they were in fact seeing the Milky Way galaxy for the first time
Video examples
Overview PIPE Exploring...
silvery fish creatures that illuminate the deep-sea darkness with their own living white
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Quote examples
Allan Gurganus
American Novelist
Living in Manhattan opened me to whole new sets of things to envy, study, gather and imagine stealing. A full-size 1809 German harp, beautifully painted with three goddesses, covered in a pea-green coat of great silvery refinement: mine for $180. Though all its strings were broken, its beauty let it claim a quarter of my one - bedroom.
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Lucy Larcom
American Poet
Every phase of our life belongs to us. The moon does not, except in appearance, lose her first thin, luminous curve, nor her silvery crescent, in rounding to her full. The woman is still both child and girl, in the completeness of womanly character.
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Anthony Lewis
American Journalist
Americans who visit Tuscany or Umbria love the landscape: the silvery olive groves, the fields of sunflowers, the vineyards, the stone houses and barns.
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Jeremy Wade
A lot of fish that live in the sea, they are your normal, nice, pretty, silvery, shiny fish.
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Allan Gurganus
American Novelist
Living in Manhattan opened me to whole new sets of things to envy, study, gather and imagine stealing. A full-size 1809 German harp, beautifully painted with three goddesses, covered in a pea-green coat of great silvery refinement: mine for $180. Though all its strings were broken, its beauty let it claim a quarter of my one - bedroom.
Quote examples
Lucy Larcom
American Poet
Every phase of our life belongs to us. The moon does not, except in appearance, lose her first thin, luminous curve, nor her silvery crescent, in rounding to her full. The woman is still both child and girl, in the completeness of womanly character.
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Anthony Lewis
American Journalist
Americans who visit Tuscany or Umbria love the landscape: the silvery olive groves, the fields of sunflowers, the vineyards, the stone houses and barns.
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Jeremy Wade
A lot of fish that live in the sea, they are your normal, nice, pretty, silvery, shiny fish.
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