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silvery

[sil-vuh-ree] / ˈsɪl və ri /
ADJECTIVE
argent
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Rarely has one person so dominated the fashion stakes, with a specially made silvery Jacquemus bustier dress on opening night, followed by an enormous hot pink Barbie ballgown by edgy French-Canadian fashion label Matieres Fecales.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

“It’s annoyingly heavy,” Tenev said at one point, flashing his silvery card.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

"What you're looking for with an aurora is a shimmery, silvery cloud," says Heymans.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

Danger feels suspended in the soft-blue light, in which the lion’s tail and the round, silvery moon, balanced just-so, are poised like a raised mallet and gong.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 15, 2025

I stared across the silvery field at the black line of trees on the other side.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn




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