Meaning of PEARLY
| Pronunciation: | | 'purlee
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- [n] informal terms for a human `tooth'
- [adj] a white the color of pearls
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| | Synonyms: | | achromatic, chopper, pearly-white |
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| | See Also: | | tooth | |
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| | Definition: | | \Pearl"y\, a.
1. Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls;
as, pearly shells. --Milton.
2. Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent;
iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.
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| | Related Terms: | | acier, alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, ashen, ashy, burele, canescent, chatoyant, cinereous, cinerous, cream, creamy, dapple, dappled, dappled-gray, dapple-gray, delicate, dingy, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, dreary, dull, dun-white, dusty, eggshell, fair, flat, glaucescent, glaucous, gloss, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored, gray-drab, grayed, gray-green, grayish, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, iridal, iridescent, iridial, iridian, irisated, irised, iron-gray, ivory, ivory-white, leaden, lead-gray, light, lint-white, livid, lustrous, mellow, moire, mother-of-pearl, mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, nacre, nacred, nacreous, nacry, off-white, opalescent, opaline, opaloid, pale, pastel, patinaed, pavonian, pavonine, pearl, pearl-gray, pearlish, pearl-like, pearly-white, Quaker-colored, quiet, rainbowlike, rainbowy, sad, semigloss, silver, silvered, silver-gray, silvery, simple, slate-colored, slaty, smoke-gray, smoky, sober, soft, soft-colored, softened, soft-hued, somber, steel-gray, steely, stone-colored, subdued, subtle, sweet, taupe, tender, tortoise-shell, whitish, whity |
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