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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