silvery meaning and definition

SILVERY adjective

Definition of silvery (adjective)

1. resembling or reminiscent of silver
   • "a soft silvern voice"; "singing in her silvery tones"
   • synonyms: silvern
2. 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"
   • synonyms: silver, silvern
3. of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
   • "silvery hair"
   • synonyms: argent, silver, silverish