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silvery

[sil-vuh-ree]

sil·ver·y

[sil-vuh-ree]
adjective
1.
resembling silver; of a lustrous grayish-white color: the silvery moon.
2.
having a clear, ringing sound like that of silver: the silvery peal of bells.
3.
containing or covered with silver: silvery deposits.

Origin:
1590–1600; silver + -y1

sil·ver·i·ness, noun
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Silvery is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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silvery (ˈsɪlvərɪ)
 
adj
1.  of or having the appearance of silver: the silvery moon
2.  containing or covered with silver
3.  having a clear ringing sound
 
'silveriness
 
n

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