silky

[ sil-kee ]
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adjective,silk·i·er, silk·i·est.
  1. of or like silk; smooth, lustrous, soft, or delicate: silky skin.

  2. Botany. covered with fine, soft, closely set hairs, as a leaf.

Origin of silky

1
First recorded in 1605–15; silk + -y1

Other words from silky

  • silk·i·ly, adverb
  • silk·i·ness, noun

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How to use silky in a sentence

  • She wore still the silkily gleaming black net in which I had first met her.

    Valley of the Croen | Lee Tarbell
  • The relics of yellow hair, still adhering to the sides of his head, looked as silkily frail as spun glass.

    Heart and Science | Wilkie Collins
  • The yard was quite dark as they turned into it and the poplar leaves were rustling silkily all round it.

    Anne Of Green Gables | Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • And he looked admiringly at the ripples playing silkily under the bronze satin of his foreman's arms.

    The Song of the Wolf | Frank Mayer
  • Glenormiston was pulling Bobby's silkily fringed ears thoughtfully.

    Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson

British Dictionary definitions for silky

silky

/ (ˈsɪlkɪ) /


adjectivesilkier or silkiest
  1. resembling silk in texture; glossy

  2. made of silk

  1. (of a voice, manner, etc) suave; smooth

  2. botany covered with long fine soft hairs: silky leaves

Derived forms of silky

  • silkily, adverb
  • silkiness, noun

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