Definitions for pearly

pearly pearl·y

Spelling: [pur-lee]
IPA: /ˈpɜr li/

Pearly is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in pearly (aelpry).

Definitions for pearly

adjective

  1. like a pearl, especially in being white or lustrous; nacreous:
  2. adorned with or abounding in pearls or mother-of-pearl.

Origin of pearly

First recorded in 1400-50, pearly is from the late Middle English word peerly. See pearl1, -y1

Examples for pearly

The loveliest idea came and sat on my chest in the pearly dawn!

It is a good-sized quarter pounder of pearly meat spiced and rolled in Japanese breadcrumbs, then pan-fried to a crisp.

It is the pearly gate that opens to the real paradise of fools.

Chestnut Street was gray with a dull, pearly, opaque twilight.

Charles Darwin, how was your theory of evolution received when you arrived at the pearly Gates?

To keep your pearly whites bright and shiny, visit Dr. David Poiman at the NY Center for Esthetic and Laser Dentistry.

Will these resurrected animals be house-trained and know to exit the pearly gates before doing their business?

Realism, as they call it, can never catch the boundaries of her pearly beauty.

Once more may our eyes be gladdened with the pearly, orient dew!

He gaped at her vague, pearly face, as if she had suggested some enormity.

Word Value for pearly
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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