Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Silvery \Sil"ver*y\, a.
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.
{Silvery iron} (Metal.), a peculiar light-gray fine-grained
cast iron, usually obtained from clay iron ore.
Source : WordNet®
silvery
adj 1: lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of
silver; "silvery hair" [syn: {argent}, {silver}, {silverish}]
2: resembling or reminiscent of silver; "a soft silvern voice";
"singing in her silvery tones" [syn: {silvern}]
3: 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" [syn: {silver},
{silvern}]