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
- 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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