as in gray
of the color gray
a silvery metal of some kind
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Recent Examples of silvery
Gosling asks the cast members, who are dressed in a variety of silvery alien garb.
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Pat Saperstein, Variety, 8 Mar. 2026
In this container, sweet potato vine and trailing silvery dichondra lend extra texture and contrast.
—Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2026
This small shrub-like herb has aromatic leaves in an eye-catching shade of silvery green.
—Jamie McIntosh, The Spruce, 3 Mar. 2026
At the center of the room sat a 160-pound bluefin tuna stretched across a prep table, its silvery body nearly spanning the length of the space.
—J.m. Banks
march 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
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Pat Saperstein, Variety, 8 Mar. 2026
In this container, sweet potato vine and trailing silvery dichondra lend extra texture and contrast.
—Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2026
This small shrub-like herb has aromatic leaves in an eye-catching shade of silvery green.
—Jamie McIntosh, The Spruce, 3 Mar. 2026
At the center of the room sat a 160-pound bluefin tuna stretched across a prep table, its silvery body nearly spanning the length of the space.
—J.m. Banks
march 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for silvery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silvery
Adjective
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Rooms are in muted tones of grey, green, and dusky blue, and even the smallest have plenty of space with king-size beds and a table and chairs—the city views are more interesting, but the ones overlooking the courtyard have dinky Juliette balconies as a consolation.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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On a gray afternoon in the days before Easter, a dozen or so schoolchildren straggled into a side building at Rochester Cathedral and began their transformation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There is one olive tree full of silver fruit.—
Traci Brimhall,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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Ten 35-pound wreckfish — enormous silver deep-water dwellers that live down to 650 feet — are filleted and bagged on a large stainless-steel table on the quay.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Silvery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silvery. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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