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silky
[ sil-kee ]
adjective
- of or like silk; smooth, lustrous, soft, or delicate:
silky skin.
- Botany. covered with fine, soft, closely set hairs, as a leaf.
silky
/ ˈsɪlkɪ /
adjective
- resembling silk in texture; glossy
- made of silk
- (of a voice, manner, etc) suave; smooth
- botany covered with long fine soft hairs
silky leaves
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Derived Forms
- ˈsilkily, adverb
- ˈsilkiness, noun
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Other Words From
- silki·ly adverb
- silki·ness noun
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Example Sentences
But his fingers moved through her silky strands of hair, and then down her neck.
Consider the trashy, silky sweatpants sent down the runway by Jarrar, complete with thick stripes running down the legs.
Oak, great balance and a good finish with stone fruits and just enough oak to round the wine to a silky smooth feel on the palate.
“If You Had My Love” was silky-smooth with just the right amount of anguished yearning.
This silky rendition of the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' theme song is irrepressibly groovy.
I have an old sketch of a back view of three of them taken side by side; you see nothing but billows of fine silky hair.
The leaf is of beautiful appearance, of almost a silky texture, and in color a rich brown.
Jess' chestnut hair was long and silky and nicely braided, but she never murmured as it came off too.
He stroked her short silky hair and proposed that they all go up into Violet's room with the moonflowers.
Laying her silky hand on mine in that kind of a way that I said I would die first.
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