Grep of noun silvery
eastern silvery aster
silvery spleenwort
silvery wormwood
western silvery aster
Overview of adj silvery
The adj silvery has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (1) argent, silver, silvery, silverish -- (lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair)
2. (1) silvern, silvery -- (resembling or reminiscent of silver; "a soft silvern voice"; "singing in her silvery tones")
3. (1) silver, silvern, silvery -- (having the white lustrous sheen of silver; "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"; "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen")
Antonyms of adj silvery
3 senses of silvery
Sense 1
argent, silver, silvery, silverish
INDIRECT (VIA achromatic) -> chromatic
Sense 2
silvern, silvery
INDIRECT (VIA euphonious) -> cacophonous, cacophonic
Sense 3
silver, silvern, silvery
INDIRECT (VIA bright) -> dull
Similarity of adj silvery
3 senses of silvery
Sense 1
argent, silver, silvery, silverish
=> achromatic (vs. chromatic)
Sense 2
silvern, silvery
=> euphonious (vs. cacophonous), euphonous
Sense 3
silver, silvern, silvery
=> bright (vs. dull)
Attributes of adj silvery
Familiarity of adj silvery
silvery used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3)
Grep of adj silvery
silvery
Overview of adj silvery
The adj silvery has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (1) argent, silver, silvery, silverish -- (lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair)
2. (1) silvern, silvery -- (resembling or reminiscent of silver; "a soft silvern voice"; "singing in her silvery tones")
3. (1) silver, silvern, silvery -- (having the white lustrous sheen of silver; "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"; "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen")
silvery definition
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