What is the meaning of silvery?

adjective

  • Resembling or reminiscent of silver.
    • usage: "a soft silvern voice"; "singing in her silvery tones"
  • Having the white lustrous sheen of silver.
    • usage: "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"; "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen"
  • Of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver.
    • usage: "silvery hair"
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