silvery C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈsɪlvəri/ UK /ˈsɪlvəri/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj resembling silver in color or sound; clear and melodious The moon cast a silvery glow over the still lake. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · resembling silver in color... argentgleaminglustrousclearmelodiousbright ↔ Opposites dullharsh Word family Derived forms silveriness Related forms silversilvern Etymology AI details From silver (Old English seolfor) plus the adjectival suffix -y; the metal name is of Germanic origin, akin to Old High German silabar. seolfor Old English *silubra- Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # silvery **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈsɪlvəri/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsɪlvəri/ ## Meanings 1. resembling silver in color or sound; clear and melodious ## Examples - The moon cast a silvery glow over the still lake. ## Synonyms - argent - gleaming - lustrous - clear - melodious - bright ## Antonyms - dull - harsh ## Derived Forms - silveriness ## Related Forms - silver - silvern ## Roots and Affixes - Root: seolfor - Root: *silubra- ## Etymology From silver (Old English seolfor) plus the adjectival suffix -y; the metal name is of Germanic origin, akin to Old High German silabar. ## AI Etymology Silvery comes from silver (Old English seolfor) plus the adjectival suffix -y; the metal name is of Germanic origin, akin to Old High German silabar. The historical chain includes Old English seolfor and Proto-Germanic *silubra-. The formation is best read as suffixal and borrowed: the word silvery carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "resembling silver in color or sound; clear and melodious". English derivatives include silveriness; related English forms include silver and silvern. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown