silvery
sil·very
adjective
1.
2.
resembling or reminiscent of silver
- “a soft silvern voice”
- “singing in her silvery tones”
Origin
From Middle English silvery, sylvyry; equivalent to silver + -y.
Phrases
- silvery acacia
- silvery flying fox
- silvery gade
- silvery gibbon
- silvery gull
- silvery hair-grass
- silvery hair-tail
- silvery-cheeked antshrike
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