METALLIC


Meaning of METALLIC in English

adj. 1 of, consisting of, or characteristic of metal or metals. 2 sounding sharp and ringing, like struck metal. 3 having the sheen or lustre of metals. metallically adv.

[ L metallicus f. Gk metallikos (as METAL) ]

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