silvery

adj.

1. Containing or coated with silver.
2. Resembling silver in color or luster: "A fountain threw high its silvery water" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
3. Having a clear, softly resonant sound: a silvery laugh.

silveriness sil'ver·i·ness n.

IN BRIEF: Shimmery, having the appearance of a valuable mineral.

In the evening light, the fog had a silvery appearance.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
  Synonyms: argent, silver, silverish

Meaning #2: resembling or reminiscent of silver
  Synonym: silvern

Meaning #3: having the white lustrous sheen of silver
  Synonyms: silver, silvern

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sølvblank, sølvskinnende

Nederlands (Dutch)
zilverachtig, helderklinkend

Français (French)
adj. - argenté, argentin

Deutsch (German)
adj. - silbrig, silbern

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αργυροειδής, αργυρόχρωμος, ασημής, αργυρόηχος

Italiano (Italian)
argenteo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - prateado

Русский (Russian)
серебристый, ясный, покрытый серебром, содержащий серебро

Español (Spanish)
adj. - argentino, plateado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - silvrig, silverliknande, silverglänsande, silverklar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
似银的, 银铃一般的, 有银色光泽的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 似銀的, 銀鈴一般的, 有銀色光澤的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 은과 같은, 은방울 소리 같은, 은을 함유한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 銀の, 銀白色の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شبيه ألفضه باللمعان, فضي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כסוף, ככסף, מוכסף, מצלצל‬

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