silvery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite resembling or reminiscent of silver
    silvern.
    • a soft silvern voice
    • singing in her silvery tones
  2. adjective satellite having the white lustrous sheen of silver
    silvern; silver.
    • a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap
    • repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen
  3. adjective satellite of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
    silverish; argent; silver.
    • silvery hair

WordNet

Sil"ver*y adjective
Definitions
  1. Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.
    All the enameled race, whose silvery wing Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring. Pope.
  2. Besprinkled or covered with silver.
  3. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh.

Webster 1913