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Metallic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to a metal or metals; consisting of metal; partaking of the nature of metals; like a metal; as a metallic substance; metallic ore; metallic brightness.

Metallic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy.

2. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive.

Metallical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Metallic.

Metallicly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a metallic manner; by metallic means.