PEARLY

— pearliness , n.

/perr"lee/ , adj., pearlier, pearliest .

1. like a pearl, esp. in being white or lustrous; nacreous: her pearly teeth.

2. adorned with or abounding in pearls or mother-of-pearl.

[ 1400-50; late ME peerly. See PEARL 1 , -Y 1 ]