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Definition of Pearly

1. Adjective. Of a white the color of pearls.

Definition of Pearly

1. a. Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells.

Definition of Pearly

1. Noun. (uncountable uncommon dated) A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue. ¹

2. Noun. (countable British especially in plural) tooth ¹

3. Adjective. Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pearly

1. resembling a pearl [adj PEARLIER, PEARLIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearly

Literary usage of Pearly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field by Alexander Winchell (1894)
"THE pearly Nautilus still lives in the deep waters of tropical seas. Our pearly Nautilus is no sailor. He can indeed The float with all his tentacles ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1832)
"Mr. Owen's work presents us with an account of a shell-fish, the pearly nautilus, ... In the evening a pearly Nautilus (Nautilus Pompilius of Linnaeus) was ..."

3. The Dragon, Image, and Demon: Or, The Three Religions of China; Confucianism by Hampden C. DuBose (1887)
"The pearly Emperor.—A prominent fact in pagan systems is that a secondary ... The Three Pure Ones " are above him in rank, but to the pearly Emperor " is ..."

4. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field by Alexander Winchell (1898)
"ANCESTRY OF THE pearly NAUTILUS. SILURIAN REMAINS. THE pearly Nautilus still lives in the deep waters of tropical seas. Our pearly Nautilus is no sailor. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"He has succeeded in obtaining the ripe eggs of the pearly Nautilus, and is now at work on the development of that most interesting animal. ..."

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