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silvery

[sil-vuh-ree] / ˈsɪl və ri /
ADJECTIVE
argent
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And while such daily interactions are reduced to thumbs slipping over greasy rectangles of glass, pinball is irreducibly concrete: physics and mechanics turned into dazzling entertainment, a silvery dance with gravity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

They are wrapped on all sides in silvery wire mesh of decidedly industrial character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

From her home deep in Upper Coquetdale, Sam Wood squints into the sun as she looks up the narrow silvery road which winds up the valley where many farming families have lived for generations.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

Jeff Koons stood atop a construction lift and planted a small, silvery gray dudleya succulent on the nose of his monumental topiary sculpture “Split-Rocker” at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

The moon was three-quarters full and cast a silvery sheen when the red faded.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer