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Synonyms for pearly


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pur-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr li



Définition of pearly

Origin :
  • early 15c., from pearl + -y (2). Related: Pearliness. The pearly gates of Heaven (or the New Jerusalem) are attested by 1708, from Rev. 21:21.
  • adj opalescent
Example sentences :
  • Once more may our eyes be gladdened with the pearly, orient dew!
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • He gaped at her vague, pearly face, as if she had suggested some enormity.
  • Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman
  • Realism, as they call it, can never catch the boundaries of her pearly beauty.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
  • Chestnut Street was gray with a dull, pearly, opaque twilight.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
  • The loveliest idea came and sat on my chest in the pearly dawn!
  • Extract from : « Jane Journeys On » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
  • It is the pearly gate that opens to the real paradise of fools.
  • Extract from : « Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales » by Robert L. Taylor
  • Days like this I feel as if I was right inside the pearly gates.
  • Extract from : « Country Neighbors » by Alice Brown
  • She laid her cold, pearly hand on his forehead, and stood at his side.
  • Extract from : « Macaria » by Augusta Jane Evans Wilson
  • She leaned against the edge, and I saw her eyes fill with pearly tears.
  • Extract from : « Humorous Ghost Stories » by Dorothy Scarborough
  • Her hair was soft and brown, and her cheeks were of a faint, pearly rosiness.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Desert » by Louis Dodge

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