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velvety

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vel⋅vet⋅y

[vel-vi-tee]
–adjective
1. suggestive of or resembling velvet; smooth; soft: velvety rose petals; a velvety voice; a velvety cream sauce.
2. (of liquor) smooth-tasting; mild; mellow: a velvety Scotch.

Origin:
1745–55; velvet + -y 1


vel⋅vet⋅i⋅ness, noun
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vel·vet·y   (věl'vĭ-tē)   
adj.   vel·vet·i·er, vel·vet·i·est
  1. Suggestive of the texture of velvet; soft and smooth: velvety skin.

  2. Smooth-tasting; mellow: a velvety sherry.

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