adjective
definition
Resembling the metal copper, especially in color.
Examples of coppery in a Sentence
She thrust fingers into her hair, combing them through her tousled coppery locks.
It is a dark blue powder with a marked coppery lustre.
Beautiful varieties have been introduced under the varietal names, ampelopsifolium, atropurpureum, dissectum, &c. They are remarkable for the coppery purple tint that pervades the leaves and young growths of some of the varieties.
We also saw brown hawkers with their attractive coppery wings hunting along the taller vegetation of the river bank.
In a lunar eclipse the moon often adopts a coppery red color.
In colder winter climates, the leaves will turn coppery or purplish in color, but do remain evergreen year round.
Unlike the lustrous shades of chocolate colored pearls, natural brown pearls are a warm black-brown color and sometimes have a very slight coppery colored overtone.
These frames are done in a coppery brown, so if warm tones work well on you, you might want to take a second glance at this pair.