silvery

Etymology

From Middle English silvery, sylvyry; equivalent to silver + -y.

adj

1. Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
   Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows feeding unconcernedly for the most part, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight. 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 98
   Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. 2014-04-21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884
2. Sprinkled or covered with silver.
3. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
   a silvery laugh