pearly
adjective C2- Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.
- Resembling or characteristic of a pearl; nacreous. · a pearly lustre
- Containing or yielding pearls.
- Having a pure sweet tone.
Comparative pearlier · Superlative pearliest
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He had recognized intelligence in the high forehead, courage in the dark eye and bent brow, and frankness in the thick lips that showed a set of pearly teeth.
They were of a pearly grey colour, small, round, and almost transparent against the light.
Her white and slender fingers, her pearly neck, her cheeks tinted with varying hues reminded one of the lovely Englishwomen who have been so poetically compared in their manner to the gracefulness of a swan.
Her mouth, which might have been found fault with as too large, displayed teeth of pearly whiteness, rendered still more conspicuous by the brilliant carmine of her lips, contrasting vividly with her naturally pale complexion.
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