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silvery |
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")
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