silvery
/ˈsɪlvəɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "OF all th' enamell'd race, whose silvery wing / Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring."
- "Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows feeding unconcernedly for the most part, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight."
- "A silvery cloud drifted over the mountains that surrounded him, its edges glowing with ruddy light cast from the harvest moon cradled between two peaks."
- "Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated."
- "But inside the aquarium, riotously colored saltwater fish, schools of silvery piranhas, and even one seemingly communicative manta ray allow visitors to dream of worlds beyond a war that has made the land where the oceanic sanctuary sits a battle zone."
- "a silvery laugh"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
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Phrases
silvery acacia
silvery-cheeked antshrike
silvery flying fox
silvery gade
silvery gibbon
silvery gull
silvery-haired
silvery hair-grass