as in grey
of the color gray
a silvery metal of some kind
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Recent Examples of silvery
The Provincetown Princess was cutting through a plankton path: a wide swath of ocean where fish were feeding, thousands of fish, even millions of fish, writhing silvery bodies in the dark water, savagely frenzied activity of a kind that Cassidy had never seen before.
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Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
The only real difference from his playing days is that his hair and iconic mustache are now a silvery grey.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
The beat retched like Tin Man choking on his own silvery puke while Fraxiom called out NYU kids and threatened to pee on Zedd.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2025
Celebrities came down the red carpet in feathery frills, silvery embellishments, and oodles of jewelry.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 1 Mar. 2025
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Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
The only real difference from his playing days is that his hair and iconic mustache are now a silvery grey.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
The beat retched like Tin Man choking on his own silvery puke while Fraxiom called out NYU kids and threatened to pee on Zedd.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2025
Celebrities came down the red carpet in feathery frills, silvery embellishments, and oodles of jewelry.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silvery
Adjective
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For a warm and welcoming design idea, such as a patio hugged in greenery, consider a cream-colored block—a nice middle ground between edgy grey concrete and natural stone.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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Lindo, at 6 feet 4 inches, enters the restaurant on an overcast Wednesday afternoon, sporting aviator shades, a thin, grey beanie, and a colorful summer scarf of different orange, pink, and yellow hues.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The women also showed off their personal style, with Karen Fairchild opting for an orange minidress under a gray suit jacket and fishnet stockings, and Kimberly Schlapman choosing a black minidress with fuzzy fringe on the bottom.—
Lori A Bashian Fox News,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Choose from four different finishes: brown, dark brown, gray wash, and white wash.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But about three-fourths of Hurdle’s new clients have already decided to join the silver sisterhood, and in those cases, greyblending is all done below the line of demarcation to adapt to the colors of the new growth.—
Lindsy Van Gelder,
Allure,
25 Apr. 2025
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For its silver anniversary, the BET Awards is pulling out all the stops.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Silvery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silvery. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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