- like a pearl, especially in being white or lustrous; nacreous: her pearly teeth.
- adorned with or abounding in pearls or mother-of-pearl.
- resembling a pearl, esp in lustre
- of the colour pearl; pale bluish-grey
- decorated with pearls or mother-of-pearl
- a London costermonger who wears on ceremonial occasions a traditional dress of dark clothes covered with pearl buttons
- the clothes or the buttons themselves
