silvery.

1. Having a bright, pale gray metallic color or sheen.

2. Clear, light, and pleasantly ringing in sound.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• silvery light
• silvery hair

On the page

Silvery light pooled along the blade and vanished when she turned it.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more silvery; superlative most silvery when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.