Pearly

Word PEARLY
Character 6
Hyphenation pearl y
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Pearly"

What do we mean by pearly?

Resembling pearls. adjective

Covered or decorated with pearls or mother-of-pearl. adjective

In the manner of a pearl; like a pearl.

Clothes with large pearl buttons, worn by costermongers.

Resembling a pearl in size, shape, texture, or color; pearlaceous.

Resembling mother-of-pearl; nacreous: margaritaceous.

Producing, containing, or abounding in pearls; margaritiferous; pearl-bearing.

Dotted, flecked, or spangled as if with pearls; pearled.

Clear; pure; glittering; translucent or transparent, as a color: as, pearly white.

In the technique of the pianoforte, noting a touch that produces a clear, round, sweet tone, or noting a tone thus characterized.

Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls. adjective

Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent. adjective

A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue. noun

Tooth noun

Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue. adjective

Of a white the color of pearls adjective

Informal terms for a human `tooth' noun

A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.

(especially in plural) A tooth.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pearly

The word "pearly" in example sentences

He doesn’t take comfort in pearly gates and angels. ❋ ____Maggie (2006)

These same tribes term the pearly drops of dew which cover the beautiful leaves of the heliconia 'star spit.' ❋ Alexander Von Humboldt (1814)

This is what we would describe as a well-circumscribed kind of pearly or waxy or shiny - looking bump that doesn't heal. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I allude to the phase of the aura which presents the "pearly" appearance of the opalescent body, which we have just noted. ❋ Swami Panchadasi (N/A)

As it was my job to lean out and whisper into the sentry's "pearly," I got rather exasperated. ❋ Pat Beauchamp Washington (N/A)

There was a peculiar sheen all about the irregular sky-line; a kind of pearly whitening, as it were, of the heavens beyond, like to the effect produced by the rising of a very delicate soft mist melting from a mountain's brow into the air. ❋ Unknown (1877)

It had a singular kind of pearly look, and her long slender throat was almost of the same tone: no, not the same, for there was a transparency about her throat unlike that of the forehead. ❋ Theodore Watts-Dunton (1873)

The name perlite (also spelled pearlite) comes from the French word perle which means pearl, in reference to the "pearly" luster of classic perlite. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Phillip's Voyage to Botany Bay, by permission of the Proprietor_] [Transcriber's note: names of painter and engraver are only guesswork.] [Illustration: AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER] "To call the pearly drops from Pity's eye, ❋ Erasmus Darwin (1766)

“You could still see a little bit of matter from the bodies, stuff that looked kind of pearly, and blood from the stomachs. ❋ Rose, David (2007)

I love the contrast the pale pink gums make with the pearly teeth. ❋ Matt Potter (2010)

It was the maximum sentence allowed under Kansas law. you are just a pathetic little pea-brain brainwashed coward. went you get to the pearly gates St. Peter will be there giving you the moon and point to the highway to hell. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mix with foundation for a pearly sheen, or blend all over in a hangover crisis. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Choose gold, bronze, peach or pearly white, depending on the darkness of your natural skin tone. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She smiles—a mouth full of pearly dentures lit bright by her flaming torso. ❋ F. J. Lennon (2011)

He leaped toward the Dragon Lord, a gesture so rash that the copper dragon arched its neck and snarled, showing a row of pearly daggers. ❋ P. W. Catanese (2011)

We eat a meal of lignin, dandelions and the most pearly oysters. ❋ Tara M. M. Larkin (2011)

They love my bright red tomatoes, gigantic orange carrots, pearly white onions, shades of green lettuce and cabbage. ❋ J. Mykell Collinz (2010)

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